Chashma nuclear power plant had become a successful model of "south-south co-operation." "It has brought about substantial economic and social effects and done due contribution to the sustainable development and improvement of people's living standard of Pakistan.
President of the China National Nuclear Corporation Kang Rixin expressed the hope that the new project would be completed in schedule and with good quality, to serve as another symbol of their bilateral co-operation.
The contract concerning the Chashma-1 was signed in 1991 and the nuclear power plant was connected to the grid in June 2000 and put into commercial operation in September that year.
Following the successful operation of the Chashma-1, the Chashma-2 contract was signed in May 2004.