Pakistan secured more than two dozen agriculture-sector memorandums of understanding worth over $4 billion at a Pak-China B2B Investment Conference in Beijing, where Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain held multiple meetings with Chinese and Pakistani agribusinesses and urged greater Chinese investment to boost Pakistan’s farm productivity and exports to China’s large import market.
The one-day conference, held alongside the prime minister’s visit to China, included opening and closing ceremonies and a series of business-to-business sessions. Organizers said the meetings produced over $4 billion in MoUs aimed at channeling investment and cooperation into Pakistan’s agriculture sector.
Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain participated in a dozen bilateral meetings with leading industry players from both countries. Delegations and firms involved included GDSP Dayu, GDSP Jessica EV, GDSP PIESAT, GDSP LOVOL, Sanyang Company Xinjiang, Jinghua Seed Industry Co. Ltd, Guard Agricultural Research & Services (Pvt) Limited, and China State Engineering Construction Corporation GDSP, among others.
In discussions with potential investors, the minister urged Chinese companies to focus on mechanization, seed development, smart farming and precision agriculture. He said investments in these areas would deliver data-driven productivity gains and strengthen Pakistan’s food security while creating new avenues for bilateral cooperation.
Rana Tanveer Hussain highlighted China’s roughly $215 billion annual agricultural import market and argued that Pakistan is well positioned to supply tropical and temperate fruits, vegetables and cereal crops. He noted Pakistan’s geographic proximity to China and competitive pricing as advantages over more distant suppliers such as Brazil and some Western countries.
The minister commended initiatives by Pakistani and Chinese agricultural firms under the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and reaffirmed Islamabad’s commitment to fostering long-term agri-sector partnerships with Beijing to enhance production, trade and food security.
