Jarom Drummond

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a massive economic investment from China into the infrastructure of Pakistan. While China has hopes for fiscal gain from the endeavor, it could also prove economically and politically crucial for Pakistan. The added economic stability could be the strength that Pakistan needs to begin tackling the host of problems that plague their country. The project could also very well shape their future foreign policies, along with altering U.S.- Pakistani relations.

As China’s economic growth slows, it is taking drastic steps to correct its trajectory. China is just a few steps into what is becoming a massive investment program called the Belt and Road initiative that will include over four trillion dollars in investment over the course of three decades throughout many countries across the Eurasia region. It is, in many ways, an attempt to economically link the region together in order to ensure China’s economic future– the project will create an infrastructure which China and Chinese companies can use to trade and invest across Europe and Asia. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a regional capstone of sorts for the project. It is China’s massive investment into Pakistan. The details of how this investment is carried out could be the determining factor of Pakistan’s economic future and stability, though corruption poses serious concerns in its procession.