Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations Between China and Pakistan — Part-6

Across Mountains and Seas, Building a Shared Future Tang Meng sheng Professor of Peking University, China. Director of the Center for Pakistan Studies, Peking University Seventy-five years of sharing weal and woe, seventy-five years of friendship as strong as steel. In 2026, as China and Pakistan mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, the peoples of both countries are immersed in the joy of friendship and cooperation. Since the two countries formally established diplomatic ties on May 21, 1951, this friendship, spanning the Himalayas and crossing the Arabian Sea, has remained rock-solid and ever-renewed amid changes in the international landscape. Together, we have traversed an extraordinary journey of three-quarters of a century, witnessing the construction of the Karakoram Highway and the transformation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor from vision to reality; we have seen prompt action in disaster relief operations time and again, and firm mutual support in international affairs. Described as a relationship “higher than the mountains, deeper than the oceans, sweeter than honey, and stronger than steel”, this bilateral bond has gone far beyond ordinary state-to-state relations and stands as a model of enduring friendship, stable cooperation and mutual benefit between countries with different civilizations and social systems. In agriculture, the two countries share technologies and experience to jointly safeguard food security. China’s hybrid rice technology, water-saving irrigation facilities and modern agricultural management models have taken root in Pakistan’s test fields, helping local farmers increase crop yields, disaster resilience and incomes. When Pakistan was threatened by natural disasters such as locust plagues, the Chinese expert teams, carrying technology and supplies, rushed to aid immediately and fought side by side with Pakistani counterparts in the fields. Such “teaching one to fish” approach to cooperation