Scholar's startups

Adnan Hafeez. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Adnan Hafeez's family and friends expected him to be a doctor when he chose to study in China in 2005. However, when he graduated with a master's in medicine (orthopedic surgery) from Dalian Medical University nine years later, he decided to set up Felpa International Trading Co Ltd, a business engaged in trade between China and Pakistan.

"There're so many opportunities between the two countries, especially those stimulated by China's Belt and Road Initiative. I'm trying to be a bridge," the 30-year-old Pakistani said in fluent Mandarin at his office in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province. Currently, he owns two businesses, the other being Linden Business Consultant Co Ltd, a firm focused on intermediary services between the two countries.

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