Pakistan Courts Chinese EV and Battery Investment With Forthcoming Policy
Government aides have set up follow-up committees to turn recent business meetings into joint ventures.
Overview
- Special Assistant Haroon Akhtar Khan held one-on-one meetings with Chinese and Pakistani firms to spur industrial collaboration, investment, and technology transfer.
- Officials report strong Chinese interest in Pakistan’s electric vehicle market, including plans for assembly and eventual local manufacturing of EVs, batteries, and energy storage systems.
- The government is finalizing an EV Battery Policy that it says will launch soon to ease investment, enable local production, and speed the adoption of advanced battery technology.
- Islamabad formed dedicated committees to track each memorandum of understanding and joint venture after the Pakistan–China B2B conference in Lahore, which drew 106 representatives from 74 Chinese companies and delegates from 136 Pakistani firms for a total of 252 attendees.
- Authorities say the push aims to introduce lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery technology and create jobs, though concrete factories and joint ventures still hinge on the policy rollout and consistent follow-through.