In 1989, China announced to sell of the reactor but the nuclear power plant did not operationalise  due the PAEC scientists and engineers, who eventually designed the reactor based on CNP-300 in China, and had to conduct several lengthy testing and pass PAEC required regulation phases, since China did not have the experience to sustain such a large and highly complex project— the experience Pakistan learned from running the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant.
In 1989, China declared selling the reactor but the nuclear power plant failed to operate due to PAEC scientists and engineers who designed the reactor based on CNP-300 in China. They had to conduct numerous lengthy tests and pass PAEC-required regulatory phases because China lacked experience for such a large and intricate project—experience that Pakistan gained from operating the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant.