INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
On Monday, China opened up the first visa application service center in Lahore to facilitate applicants wishing to visit the country.Yao
Jing, the Chinese Ambassador to Islamabad, inaugurated the center
Others who attended the ceremony included the Chinese Lahore Consul General Long Dingbin, Deputy Consul General Peng Zhengwu and officials
from the Punjab government.Speaking to Geo.tv, Zhengwu called the visa center a landmark step
&Earlier residents of Lahore had to travel to Islamabad to apply for a visa to China,& he said, &This new place will provide enormous relief
to businessmen and visitors
Lahore is an important city and the new hub of economic activity in Punjab.&The visa center in Lahore will handle ordinary visa applications
to China, to the special administrative region of Hong Kong and Macao
However, the final approval will still be granted by the Chinese embassy in Islamabad
The Lahore office will only collect the needful documents and forward the requests.The Chinese &embassy will not operate the visa center in
It has outsourced it to a private company,& Zhengwu added.Approximately 4,000 applications are processed by China embassy in Islamabad per
month.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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