Beyond Bilateralism: Regional and Global Health Governance Implications of China–Pakistan Health Cooperation under the CPEC

Abstract

Global health governance faces challenges due to differences in philosophy, the complexity and political nature of the governance domain, and the uncertainty of funding sources. As an emerging economy, China will participate in global health governance through “South-South cooperation” and the “Belt and Road” Initiative. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) serves as the hub and flagship project of the “Belt and Road” Initiative, while the China-Pakistan Health Corridor represents a specialized collaboration and extension of CPEC in the healthcare sector. Focusing on pharmaceuticals, disease prevention and control, and medical technology, it aims to improve the livelihoods of the Pakistani people and jointly advance the deepening of the All-Weather Strategic Partnership.

This study is part of the research project entitled “General Project of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Heilongjiang Province “A Study on the Pragmatic Motivation and Mechanism of ‘Sub-Prototypical Category Fuzzy Expressions’ in Modern Chinese” (22YYB250)”and “2022 Heilongjiang Province Postdoctoral Funding Project: Research on the Value of Marxist View of Literature and Art in the New Era(LBH-Z22205)”.