Global Silk Route Research Alliance
全球丝绸之路研究联盟
Independent Think Tank · Geopolitics · Belt & Road · Eurasia
Author
Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance,
a think tank in Islamabad.
He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went
back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016,
working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries. When
he came home he set up the China Study Centre at NUST. He retired from there.
He writes about CPEC and the Belt and Road, and about what China's rise means for
Pakistan. His articles run in Modern Diplomacy and on Think Tank Pakistan, and China
Daily and China News Service have both quoted the work.
11,535 pieces by this author
A drone photo taken on March 18, 2026 shows a view of the Fuxing 220 kV substation in the Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao) China is…
The role of renewables in Pakistan’s fuel mix has shifted from negligible to substantial over just a few years, but the country still has not signaled a commitment to the…
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of…
Islamabad also seeks tariff parity with ASEAN and African countries, as the trade deficit with China remains near $20 billion annually Pakistan is set to formally ask China to extend…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan pose for a group photo with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and his wife Tamara Vucic prior to the talks between Xi…
Pakistan’s mineral sector received a major boost after Pak Salt Corporation signed a long-term strategic cooperation agreement with the China National Salt Industry Group to enhance mining, processing, and global…
