China's ICBC to provide $4.3 billion in financing for Pakistan power projects

Reuters

Published Apr 21, 2015 03:36

China's ICBC to provide $4.3 billion in financing for Pakistan power projects

BEIJING (Reuters) - Industrial and Commerical Bank of China (ICBC) (SS:601398) (HK:1398), the world's biggest lender by assets, said on Tuesday it has agreed to provide $4.3 billion in financing for energy and electricity projects in Pakistan.

The four power projects, all located in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, are major infrastructure projects for China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative, the bank said in a statement sent by email.