Projects include the laying of cross-border fibre-optic cables from China's Xinjiang to Rawalpindi, development of smart city infrastructure in Gwadar, and expansion of e-commerce logistics corridors. China-Pakistan cross-border optical fiber cable project is a prioritized/early harvest project under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), with a total amount of USD 44 million. is selected to implement the project. Inaugurated in July 2018, the cable was constructed as part of the. The fiber optical cable covers an area of 820 km. The cable spans a distance of 2,950 kilometers, connecting Rawalpindi (Punjab) with Khunjerab (Gilgit Baltistan) at the Chinese border at a height of 4,700 metres above the sea level, northwards to Urumqi in.
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