Prime Minister Imran Khan met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday while on his first official visit to China, Radio Pakistan reported.
In the meeting between Khan and Xi, the premier told the Chinese president about Pakistan's "very difficult" economic situation, Reuters reported.
"My party has only been in power for two months. Unfortunately we have inherited a very difficult economic situation," PM Khan said.
"Countries go in cycles. They have their high points, they have their low points. Unfortunately, our country is going through a low point at the moment with two very big deficits, a fiscal deficit and a current account deficit. And so we, as I’ve said, have come to learn," Reutersquoted Imran Khan as saying.
The premier described Xi as a role model owing to his vision and leadership. "Our country is very impressed the way China has progressed. China's phenomenal achievements are worth emulating. No other country has tackled poverty and corruption the way China has tackled it," he said.
"Pakistan wants to learn from China's experience in poverty alleviation and curbing corruption," he added.
President Xi Jinping, while welcoming the prime minister, said that Pak-China relations have already been strengthening, and have now gained momentum.
"The relationship has not only benefited the two countries but also the region," Xi said.
President Xi told PM Khan that he valued both countries' relations, and reaffirmed their "all-weather" friendship.
"I attach great importance to China-Pakistan relations and am willing to work together with the prime minister to strengthen the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic partnership and build a new era of China-Pakistan destiny," Xi said.
PM Khan extended an invitation to President Xi Jinping to visit Pakistan.
Neither side mentioned economic aid in their comments in front of the press, Reuters reported.
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