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| Gwadar port (Image: Wiki Commons) |
A multi-million dollar port being developed by China in Pakistan is set to be at "full operation" by the end of the year, a Chinese official said Tuesday, part of Beijing's ambitious economic plans in the region.
Gwadar port, on Pakistan's southwest coast, will see roughly one million tonnes of cargo going through it by 2017, said Zhang Baozhong, chairman of the Chinese public company in charge of the development.
Current trade there is "basically nothing", he told reporters on the sidelines of a seminar about the port's development Tuesday.
"We hope a big jump will take place... Our dream is to make Gwadar a regional trading centre," he said.
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