China-India ties to enter ‘new age’ under narendra modi
Beijing: India and China ties are likely to enter into a ‘new age of cooperation’ especially in trade in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s knowledge of Chinese investment promotion and his plans for economic reforms, according to an official think-tank here.
“Moreover, since Modi is said to have studied the Chinese economic model and visited Shanghai, and Guangdong and Sichuan provinces to get first-hand knowledge of China’s investment promotion, it is likely that the two countries will enter a new age of cooperation,” said the article published in the state-run China Daily on Friday.
Modi visited China four times as the Chief Minister of Gujarat scouting for Chinese investments. Much of China’s USD 900 million Chinese investments were made in Gujarat.
About addressing the India’s growing trade deficit with China, it said India could further open up its domestic market to China, making it possible for more Chinese companies to invest there which in turn could redirected to the Chinese market.
Indian officials say the trade deficit is averaging around USD 35 billion in the bilateral trade.
The India-China trade totalled to around USD 65.47 billion last year and the deficit in the first four months of this year already mounted to USD 8.84 billion with the total trade around the same time totalling to USD 21.98 billion.
