President Dr Arif Alvi said the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) had helped in further expanding and strengthening the bilateral relations between the two countries. He expressed these views while talking to Pakistan’s Ambassador to China, Khalil-ur-Rahman Hashmi who called on him at Aiwan-e-Sadr. The president said under CPEC, a network of roads had been laid across the country whereas infrastructure projects of strategic importance were also included in the mega project.