BEIJING: Pakistan conferred civil awards on five Chinese nationals in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the development of China-Pakistan relations.

Pakistan’s ambassador to China, Khalil Hashmi, represented the President of Pakistan in presenting the honours during a special investiture ceremony in Beijing. The recipients were each recognised for distinguished contributions in their respective fields that supported Pakistan.

Wang Yongge, chairman and party secretary of China Zhongyuan Engineering Corporation, was awarded the Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam.

Since 1996, he has played a key role in advancing China-Pakistan cooperation on the peaceful use of nuclear energy, an important pillar of the friendship between the two countries. Two individuals received the Sitara-i-Imtiaz.

Xu Zhaodong, an expert in earthquake engineering and dir­ector of China-Pakistan Belt and Road Joint Laboratory for Sm­­­­art Disaster Prevention at Southeast University, was honoured for implementing Pakis­tan’s first seismic isolating project.

Cui Peng, chief scientist and founder of the China-Pakistan Earth Science Research Centre, was conferred the award for building a platform for bilateral cooperation in earth sciences and organising training for young Pakistani scientists.

Cui Jun, president of China Economic Net, was honoured with the Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam. He has played an instrumental role in strengthening bilateral ties through extensive media coverage of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

Qian Feng, director of the Research Department at the National Strategy Institute at Tsinghua University, was awar­ded Tamgha-i-Quaid-i-Azam. Through extensive research and commentary, he has contributed to deeper mut­ual und­erstanding betw­een the two peoples, CEN reported.

Published in Dawn, May 17th, 2026