BEIJING, Dec 19: China will participate in the bidding for Software Development Park in Lahore.

A Chinese delegation visited Pakistan to examine the setting up of Software Development Park on BoT basis and submitted its findings to the Ministry of Information and Industry (MII), China.

The Counsellor Technical Affairs at Pakistan Mission, Syed Ai Tallae also accompanying the Chinese delegation said after holding meetings with the Chinese side here, they were convinced to participate in the tender.

He said the delegation informed him that after visit and meetings they understood the working procedure and now convinced to participate in the development of Park.

“It is expected that Chinese side will participate in the BoT tender for IT Park to be set up in Lahore”, he said.

The tender would be invited by the Pakistan Software Development Board, he said.

He said the government of Pakistan plans to set up software development parks in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.

To encourage investors, Ali Tallae pointed out that the government has offered various incentives including plan to offer free of cost land for the project.

Ali Tallae said a high-level Chinese delegation of MII is expected to visit Pakistan early next year to attend the second meeting of the working group for which Chinese side has already held a meeting with him.—APP