BEIJING, March 14 (INP): Wang Yang, a vice-premier and ardent of Pakistan-China friendship was elected chairman of the country’s top political advisory body here on Wednesday. In August last, he attended the 70th anniversary of Pakistan's independence at the invitation of the Pakistani government. Wang received full votes from the 2,144 delegates to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of People in Beijing. They also elected 24 vice-chairs and standing committee members for a new five-year term until 2023. He was elevated to the ruling Communist Party’s powerful Politburo Standing Committee in October. During his stay in Pakistan, Wang had a meeting with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. During the talks, he had noted that China and Pakistan are "iron friends" and all-weather partners of strategic cooperation who always understand and support each other. He went on to say, Chinese President Xi Jinping's successful visit to Pakistan in 2015 has ushered in a new chapter of the relations between the two countries. China would like to join hands with Pakistan to well implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries and ensure that more fruitful results will be achieved in bilateral cooperation, he added. With regard to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which is a flagship project under the Belt and Road Initiative, Wang had expressed the hope that the two countries strengthen coordination and make good plan and design from a long-term and top-level perspective. While hailing fruitful cooperation in various economic fields over the past years, especially in the CPEC construction, Wang had suggested that in the near future, the two countries put emphasis on ensuring early harvests in the CPEC project. Based on the principle of jointly building through consultation to meet the interests of both sides, China and Pakistan should work together to further accelerate the construction of Gwadar Port, Wang proposed. Furthermore, he added, the two sides should push forward energy cooperation in the fields of thermal power, Hydropower, solar energy and clean energy, implement infrastructure cooperation projects such as highways, railways, urban rail facilities, deepen cooperation in industrial parks and strengthen personnel training. China and Pakistan should further tap the potential in bilateral economic and trade cooperation, maintain the growing momentum in bilateral trade so as to promote trade balance, he said. Wang had further proposed that the two sides should also boost cooperation in the fields such as education, science and technology, culture, health, youth and media in a bid to consolidate the social basis of the China-Pakistan friendship.