2023 is the tenth anniversary of the the Belt and Road Initiative and the launch of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, an important pilot project of the the Belt and Road Initiative. Recently, Hassan Daud Butt, a former Pakistani diplomat in China and director of the "the Belt and Road" and the Center for Regional Studies on Global Governance of the Barco Institute of Sustainable Development Policy, said in an exclusive interview with chinanews.com that the "the Belt and Road" initiative is of great significance to regional economic development. The China Pakistan Economic Corridor has built a vibrant development belt in Pakistan, driving its economic and social development, promoting regional connectivity and integration, and can be regarded as a "lighthouse" to help Pakistan achieve economic development and prosperity. China Pakistan Economic Corridor: "A Lighthouse for Promoting Economic Development" Over the past decade, under the framework of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, China and Pakistan have worked together to promote a number of energy, transportation, and infrastructure projects, which have been successively implemented. Centered around corridor construction, with Gwadar Port, energy, infrastructure construction, and industrial cooperation as four key areas, the cooperation between the two sides has achieved fruitful results and improved Pakistan's economic and livelihood prospects. "In the past decade, the world has experienced various challenges, including the COVID-19 epidemic and geopolitical conflicts," Bart said. "In a challenging environment, the" the Belt and Road "initiative has made substantial progress, helping to promote regional economic development." The arch at the entrance and exit of Gwadar Port. Gwadar Port is a natural and unfrozen port along the Arabian Sea coast, and also the southern starting point of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor. Gwadar is Pakistan's gateway to the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea, only 400 kilometers from the Strait of Hormuz. Liu Guanguan, a journalist from China News Agency, stated that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor has built a vibrant development belt in Pakistan, driving its economic and social development, promoting regional connectivity and integration, and can be regarded as a "beacon" to help Pakistan achieve economic development and prosperity. He explained that the "the Belt and Road" initiative has promoted infrastructure construction in Pakistan, connecting rural areas with cities, forming urban-rural synergy and connectivity effects, creating a large number of employment opportunities for local people, and creating conditions for local industrial development. Bart further pointed out that in the early stages of cooperation, the focus of the economic corridor construction between Pakistan and China was mainly on infrastructure, connectivity, and other areas. For example, the second phase upgrade and renovation project of the Karakoram Highway (also known as the "China Pakistan Friendship Highway") was fully opened in 2020, greatly facilitating the travel of local people and commercial exchanges along the way. Subsequently, energy became a key area of cooperation between the two sides. Previously, many regions in Pakistan faced challenges such as power shortages and power outages. With the implementation of more and more energy cooperation projects between Pakistan and China, Pakistan has gradually transformed from a power shortage country to an electricity surplus country. Green has become the background of the "the Belt and Road" China Pakistan people to people and cultural exchanges have great potential for ten years. In the process of jointly building the "the Belt and Road", China has always focused on promoting green development. While striving to achieve its own green development, China has carried out extensive exchanges and cooperation with countries and regions jointly building the "Belt and Road". There is no Earth 2 in this world, and we will always live on this planet