China launches Urdu edition of book on China's assistance

The China International Development Cooperation Agency launched the Urdu edition of a book comprised of stories about China's foreign assistance on Friday.

The book, entitled Rose Stories along the Belt and Road, contains more than 60 stories about the assistance China has provided to countries that have joined the Belt and Road Initiative, including Pakistan, and was first published in Chinese and English in September of last year.

Pakistani Ambassador to China Moin ul Haque, who attended the launching ceremony of the book's Urdu edition in Beijing, said the book is "a practical implementation of the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind."

The edition in Urdu, the official language of Pakistan, will help the people of Pakistan understand China's development philosophy and how it has helped people around the world and in Pakistan improve their lives, Haque said.

Haque also noted China's long-term assistance to his country. The vaccines China donated to Pakistan to help the latter's response to COVID-19 have "saved lives of millions of Pakistanis", he said.

Luo Zhaohui, chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency, said the book demonstrates the friendship between the Chinese people and people of other countries.

China doesn't attach any political strings to its foreign assistance, neither does it seek anything in return from the assistance, Luo said at Friday's launching ceremony, adding that the assistance has been widely supported by countries which have received it.