Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif is on a five-day official visit to China.

Sharif's first stop was south China's Guangdong Province, where he hailed Shenzhen's miraculous transformation.

In Shenzhen on Wednesday, the prime minister addressed the Pakistan-China Business Conference with over 100 Pakistani companies and more than 150 Chinese enterprises participating. He called on the delegation to seize the tremendous opportunities thrown up by China-Pakistan cooperation.

The prime minister is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and have delegation-level talks with Premier Li Qiang over the next two days.