For more on Pakistan's participation at the upcoming trade event, we sat down with the country's federal secretary of commerce. Take a listen.

DANIAL KHAN CGTN CORRESPONDENT "I'm joined by the federal secretary of commerce. Pakistan will participate at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai this November. As the guest of honor country, how is Pakistan preparing to showcase at the mega event?"

YOUNUS DAGHA PAKISTAN'S FEDERAL SECRETARY OF COMMERCE "We are very thankful to Chinese that they have given us a very special and privileged position in this fair, and we'll try to match up to the expectations and try to build up Pakistan's image, not only as an exporter of goods but also as a place of great culture."

DANIAL KHAN CGTN CORRESPONDENT "What are Pakistan's hopes for participation and how do you view the Chinese market?"

YOUNUS DAGHA PAKISTAN'S FEDERAL SECRETARY OF COMMERCE "We at the ministry of commerce see China not only as a great supplier of goods and services to Pakistan but also as a buyer of our services. And we think that as the Chinese economy is growing, and the purchasing power of the people is increasing, Pakistani products can find a great market there, in a market of one point five billion people."

DANIAL KHAN CGTN CORRESPONDENT "What are the major products that Pakistan wants to promote in China, especially through CIIE?"

YOUNUS DAGHA PAKISTAN'S FEDERAL SECRETARY OF COMMERCE "We feel that Pakistan has a great potential to export its textiles, its agricultural products to China and as we are in this government, we are focusing more on value addition. We feel that as we did last year, we increased our exports by 14 percent, we want to keep increasing and China being the regional economic superpower, we have lots of hopes, for this market to provide access to our products."

DANIAL KHAN CGTN CORRESPONDENT "How do you view the overall status of bilateral trade between Pakistan and China?"

YOUNUS DAGHA PAKISTAN'S FEDERAL SECRETARY OF COMMERCE "It has been difficult, frankly speaking, in the past we have had great, huge deficit with China, but as we are discussing with our Chinese partners, they are ready to give more market access in concessional tariff regime for Pakistani products and we feel this trade deficit will gradually come down."