BEIJING, Dec 23th (Gwadar Pro) – On Monday (21th), the 2020 Silk Road Friendship Award Ceremony was held in Beijing.

On the occasion, 10 individuals and one group from 10 countries, including two from Pakistan and one from each of the other 9 countries, were awarded the Silk Road Friendship Award.

Muhammad Shahbaz, one of the Pakistani award winners, Doctor of Medicine, told the journalist of Gwadar Pro that he has been working to build the Pak-China health corridor so that it can improve health care in Pakistan.

At the ceremony, his conceptions in international health cooperation were praised and he was evaluated as the founder of BRI Health Corridor project and the person who is fulfilling the dream of health care available and accessible to everyone in Pakistan.

Dr Shahbaz said in the interview, “our health sector needs more cooperation, as one single country cannot cope with the challenges of healthcare such as COVID-19. Health corridor is a way to unite the BRI countries, especially China and Pakistan, to jointly combat against epidemic,”

“Pakistan and China need more cooperation in each respect of the medical industry, including research, medical innovation, cutting edge technology transfer, telemedicine, mobile hospitals and vaccination clinical trials. Pakistan and China have many opportunities to work for a better society and common people in the medical industry.

At the ceremony, Yang Chuantang, the President of China International Cultural Exchange Center, delivered a speech saying, “We should commend those people who are the advocates, pioneers and builders of new space, new practices and new contributions. They are the Silk Road Ambassadors of friendship in the new era. At present, the world is undergoing profound changes, and we are facing many unstable and uncertain factors. At such a time, it is all the more important to build a community of shared future for mankind and open new windows of friendly exchanges among all countries and people.”