BEIJING: India and China have signed 24 agreements worth over 10 billion dollars in Beijing this morning after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Chinese premier Li Keqiang. Business is the main focus of PM Modi’s three-day visit to China.
He will meet Indian and Chinese CEOs and address businessmen in Shanghai tomorrow.
A quick glance at the agreements signed today:
Here’s a list of agreements signed by India and China:
- Protocol for establishment of consulates in Chengdu and Chennai
- Cooperation in vocational education and skill development and setting up of Mahatma Gandhi institute on skill development in India
- Consultative mechanism on cooperation in trade negotiations
- Cooperation between Foreign Ministry and and Central Committee of Communist Party of China (CCCPC)
- Action plan between national railway administration of China and Indian Railways
- Memorandum of Understanding on education exchange programme
- Cooperation in the fields of mining and minerals
- Space cooperation outline
- Safety regulations on importing Indian rapeseed meal
- Broadcasting agreement between CCTV and Doordarshan
- Agreement for cooperation in the field of tourism
- Memorandum of Understanding on establishing India-China think tanks forum
- Memorandum of Understanding between NITI Aayog and Development Research Centre
- Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in earthquake science and engineering
- Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in ocean sciences, climate change and cryosphere
- Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in geo sciences
- Memorandum of Understanding on establishment states/provincial leaders’ forum
- Cooperation between states and municipalities – establishment of India-China state leaders forum
- Agreement on the establishment of sister states Sichuan and Karnataka
- Agreement on the establishment of sister cities between Chennai and Chongqing
- Agreement on the establishment of sister cities between Hyderabad and Gingdao
- Agreement on the establishment of sister cities Aurangabad and Dunhuang
- Memorandum of Understanding between ICCR and Fudan University for establishment of centre for Gandhian studies
- Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of Yoga college in Kumning
Story First Published: May 15, 2015 09:43 IST