Pakistan, July 2 -- Pakistan's leading financial institution, HBL, signed partnership agreements with China CITIC Bank and China Chengxin International Credit Rating Company (CCXI), marking another step in expanding the financial cooperation between China and Pakistan as the Bank celebrated the fifth anniversary of its Beijing Branch operation.

The agreements aim to strengthen cross-border financing, RMB business and credit cooperation, as trade and investment links between China and Pakistan continue to deepen, China Economic Net (CEN) reported on Wednesday.

According to HBL, its cooperation with Chinese financial institutions has evolved beyond traditional correspondent banking into co-lending and syndicated financing arrangements tha...