Expanded Pakistani port set to boost links to China

The expanded and better-equipped port of Gwadar in Pakistan, which forms an important part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, will be operating fully by the end of this year.

This assurance was given on Thursday by the head of the Chinese company that runs the strategic facility.

"The new port's cranes are almost ready and the water desalination plant is in place," said Zhang Baozhong, chairman of China Overseas Ports Holding Co, at a conference in Beijing to promote business opportunities at the port.