Impact of Political, Social Safety, and Legal Risks and Host Country Attitude towards Foreigners on Project Performance of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project was signed between and in the year 2013. This mega connects two countries to enhance their economic ties give them access international markets. initial investment for $46 billion with a tentative duration of fifteen years. Being an extensive terms cost duration, many factors risks affect its performance. study aims investigate effects political (PR), social safety (SR), legal (LR) on performance (PP) CPEC. It further investigates significance host country’s attitude towards foreigners (HCA). A research framework consisting PR, SR, LR as independent variables, PP dependent variable, HCA moderator is formulated tested current study. In this quantitative study, Likert scale used measure impact assessed risks. questionnaire survey data collection tool collect test associated hypotheses. partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) perform empirical validation dataset 99 responses. investigation finds negative relationship LR, PP. concluded that negatively influence Furthermore, moderates contrast, value SR positive presence HCA.