Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c14.s2.t5.5

v2.c14.s2.t5.5

Zhu Rongji, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, paid an official visit to India from January 14-18 in 2002, during which time he had an official meeting with Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian Prime Minister, and met other Indian leaders and representatives from all sectors of society. Premier Zhu also visited Mumbai and Bangalore to strengthen the India-China trade contacts and economic and technical cooperation. Both sides had reached six agreements and memoranda and signed cooperative documents covering the areas of tourism, using the outer space peacefully, water conservancy, talent exchange, science and technology and plant quarantine and so on during this visit, which enhanced mutual trust and laid the foundation for building constructive cooperative partnership, pushing forward the economic, cultural and scientific and technical cooperation between the two countries into a new stage.