beijing pakistan prime minister shehbaz sharif will arrive here on tuesday on his maiden twoday visit to china to felicitate president xi jinping on his reelection amid turmoil at home and beijings increasing concerns over recurring attacks against the chinese workers in the countrysharif will be the first head of the government to felicitate 69yearold xi in person for securing an unprecedented third fiveyear term at the recently held communist party congress becoming the first leader after party founder mao zedong to continue in power after 10year tenureall of xis predecessors retired after 10 years in office and considering his firming grip on the party and military xi like mao is widely expected to continue in power for lifei would like to express my heartiest felicitations to my brother general secretary xi jinping and the communist party of china for starting a new era of chinas progress and i say with complete confidence that it heralds the dawn of a brighter era of chinapakistan friendship sharif said in an article published in the staterun global times here on mondaysharif along with some of the world leaders is visiting beijing to greet xivietnams communist party leader phu trong is the first guest honour invited by xion monday trong held talks with xi who has announced plans to make china a modern socialist stategerman chancellor olaf scholz will arrive in china on november 4 to meet xi while samia suluhu hassan president of tanzania will come ahead of him on november 2 to felicitate the chinese presidentbesides xi sharif will meet premier li keqiang and li zhanshu the chairman of chinas parliament the national peoples congress to discuss the allweather tiesboth li keqiang and li zhanshu are set to retire after march next year as a new set of leaders and officials will take over the party and government headed by xi in his third fiveyear termahead of sharifs visit pakistans foreign office said that the trip is also expected to advance the wideranging bilateral cooperation agenda with the conclusion of a number of mousagreements in diverse areas and consolidate the momentum of cpec cooperation in the wake of the 11th meeting of the cpec joint cooperation committee jcc on october 27 2022on monday chinese foreign ministry spokesman zhao lijian lauded sharifs praise for the usd 60 billion chinapakistan economic corridor cpec the flagship project of xis pet initiative of the multibilliondollar belt and road initiative briindia has objected to the cpec as it is being laid through the pakistanoccupied kashmir pokwe highly appreciate prime minister shehbaz sharifs remarks we believe they show the importance he attaches to the visit to china zhao saidhe also referred to the kashmir issue in his articlewe seek friendly relations with our neighbouring countries on the basis of mutual respect and spirit of cooperation and desire peaceful resolution of all outstanding disputes including kashmir issue through dialogue and diplomacy based on un charter and resolutions he saidthis will be sharifs second meeting with xi after