Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Sartaj Aziz says China has become a reliable partner in Pakistan’s national development efforts as their relations have become a model of state-to-state relations.

Talking to a Chinese business delegation in Islamabad on Monday, he said Pakistan is an ideal destination for Chinese investors due to the goodwill for Chinese and potential of investments in CPEC.

The Deputy Planning Commission said Pakistan’s macroeconomic indicators continue to solidify grounds for a sustained upward growth trajectory.

He said gross domestic product growth increased last year to a decade high of 5.3 percent. Sartaj Aziz said supportive policies like historic low interest rate, high infrastructure spending and better law and order have encouraged a number of firms to pursue expansion plans.

He said nine special economic zones will be built under CPEC, which will be open for investors across the world to invest in their fields of interest.