The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is located in the northwest of the South Asian subcontinent, bordering the Arabian Sea to the south, and is bordered by India, China, Afghanistan and Iran to the east, north and west respectively, with a territory of 796,000 square kilometers.
, with a population of approximately 149 million.
The capital of Pakistan is Islamabad.
"Pakistan" comes from Persian, meaning "holy land" or "halal country".
Pakistan is a multi-ethnic Islamic country composed of Punjabi, Sindhi, Patan and Baloch ethnic groups. More than 95% of the residents believe in Islam.
Urdu is the national language of Pakistan and English is the official language.
Pakistan's economy is dominated by agriculture, with agricultural output accounting for 24% of GDP.
Known as the granary, the Indus plain and the northern valley have a huge irrigation system, which provides good water conservancy conditions for the growth of rice, wheat, cotton, sugar cane and other food and cash crops.
The main industry in Pakistan is cotton textile industry. In addition, there are wool textile, sugar, paper, tobacco, tanning, machine manufacturing, fertilizer, cement, electricity, natural gas, oil and other industries.
Pakistan mainly imports petroleum and petroleum products, machinery and transportation equipment, steel products, fertilizers and electrical products, and mainly exports cotton, rice, textiles, leather products and carpets.
China and Pakistan are friendly neighbors linked by mountains and rivers, and the two peoples have a long-standing traditional friendship.
As early as more than a thousand years ago, the eminent monk Faxian of the Jin Dynasty and the eminent monk Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty visited many areas in Pakistan.
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan on May 21, 1951, senior leaders from both sides have had frequent exchanges, and the mutually beneficial cooperative relations between the two countries in various fields have continued to develop.