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Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c17: Appendix

Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c17

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Appendix

Chronology of Events in India-China Cultural Exchange in Modern Times

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**1842**
• Wei Yuan wrote *Hai Guo Tu Zhi* (*Records and Maps of the World*). It described how England conquered India.

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**1846**
• Liang Tingnan completed writing *Hai Guo Si Shuo*. It described the trade between British India and China.

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**1848**
• Xu Jiyu wrote *Ying Huan Zhi Lüe*. It described India’s situation and the trade between India and China.

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**1878**
• China, the Qing court, sent a six member delegation led by Huang Maocai on an observation visit to India.

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**1881**
• Qing Dynasty sent special envoys Ma Jianzhong and Wu Guangpei to India to negotiate opium matters during the second half of the year.

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**1890**
• The British Army assembled troops in China. Gadadhar Singh, an Indian soldier, wrote a diary.

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**1891**
• While going to Europe to serve as envoys, Xue Fucheng and Huang Zunxian passed through India and wrote a diary.

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**1893**
• Swami Vivekananda visited Hong Kong and Guangzhou.

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**1898**
• In November, Kang Youwei took refuge in India and visited various places.

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**1905**
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak appealed to Indians to boycott foreign products from people of China.

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• Zhang Taiyan discussed problem(s) of India in many of his articles.

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**1909**
• In September, Kang Youwei visited India again.

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**1911**
• Sun Zhongshan met Indian revolutionary Har Dayal at Honolulu, USA.

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**1913**
• Qian Zhixiu was first to write an article on Rabindranath Tagore in *Dong Fang Za Zhi* (The Eastern Miscellany). He provided a brief account of Tagore’s life and thought.

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**1915**
• Chen Duxiu was first to translate Tagore’s four poems in *Qing Nian Za Zhi* (Youth Magazine).

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**1917**
• Tian Feng and Wu Wo were first to translate Tagore’s three novels in *Fu Nü Za Zhi* (The Ladies Journal).

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• A significant discussion on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Gandhism unfolded in Chinese intellectual circles.

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**1922**
• In May, *Dong Fang Za Zhi* (The Eastern Miscellany) published seven articles as part of a special column on “Gandhi and New India”.

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**1924**
• In April-May, Rabindranath Tagore visited China.

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**1928**
• Xu Zhimo visited India to meet Tagore.
• September, Tan Yunshan came to Tagore’s Visva-Bharati University.

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**1929**
• March, Tagore visited Shanghai, met Xu Zhimo and Mrs. Xu Zhimo.
• June, Tagore visited Shanghai again. He met Xu Zhimo and Soong Ching-ling.

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• Chinese newspapers and periodicals published numerous articles in support of India’s national independence movement.

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**1931**
• Tan Yunshan travelled around India.

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**1934**
• Spring, Tan Yunshan discussed matters related to establishing China Institute (*Cheena Bhavan*) with Tagore.
• In May, India’s China-India Society established.

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**1935**
• In May, China’s China-India Society established.

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**1936**
• Tan Yunshan returned to India with all the funds and books he had raised. Visva-Bharati University starts building China Institute (*Cheena Bhavan*).

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* July, Tao Xingzhi, a Chinese educationist and social activist, visited India and met Mahatma Gandhi.

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1937

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* April 14, China Institute (*Cheena Bhavan*) was established at the Visva-Bharati University. Tan Yunshan became head of the institute. M K Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Jiang Jieshi, Cai Yuanpei etc, sent letters and telegrams of congratulation.
* November, Nehru issued a statement in support of China's resistance against Japan.

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1938

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* January 9, Indians held "China Day"; Mahatma Gandhi sent a letter to Jiang Jieshi expressing support for China's resistance against Japan.
* August, Tao Xingzhi visited India again.
* September, Indian medical team reached China.

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1939

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* August, Nehru visited China.
* December, Xu Beihong held Chinese Painting Exhibition at Visva-Bharati University.

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1940

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* Xu Beihong held solo exhibition of his works in Calcutta and at Visva-Bharati University.
* Dai Jitao visited India; Tan Yunshan accompanied him to meet Mahatma Gandhi.
* Chinese Buddhist Delegation led by Master Tai Xu visited India.

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1942

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* Jiang Jieshi and Mrs. Song Meiling visited India, met Nehru and also visited Visva-Bharati University.

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1943

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* The governments of India and China decided to start student exchange programmes.
* October, Dr. Basu established All India Dr. Kotnis Memorial Committee.
* November, the first batch of Indian students reached China.

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1944

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* Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a renowned philosopher and Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, visited Chongqing in China and delivered lectures.

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1947

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* Famous Indian scholar Prabodh Chandra Bagchi visited China and delivered lectures.
* Provisional Government of India sent 10 Indian students for studies to China.

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1948

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* May, *Dong Fang Za Zhi* (The Eastern Miscellany) released a special issue consisting of 13 commemorative articles mourning the death of Mahatma Gandhi. Nationalist Government appointed Tan Yunshan as Cultural Attaché; he came back to Visva-Bharati in Santiniketan. India again sent students to China.

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1950

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* April 1, the Republic of India established formal diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.

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1951

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* June, Chinese sports delegation visited India, heralding the beginning of the sports exchanges between the two countries.
* September-December, a 23-member cultural delegation led by Ding Xilin, Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Culture, PRC and Li Yimeng, Executive Director of the World Peace Council, visited India. The delegation included Ji Xianlin, Zheng Zhenduo among others. Besides visiting India's famous institutions of higher learning like Delhi University and Aligarh Muslim University, the delegation also held Chinese art and culture exhibitions in Delhi, Bombay and Calcutta during the visit.
* November, the Chinese art and culture exhibition was held in New Delhi.
* First All India Art Exhibition was held in Beijing, Nanjing and Shanghai.

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1952

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* January, the Chinese film delegation led by Wu Yinxian visited India to participate in the First International Film Festival of India. A Chinese documentary Zhongguo Min Zu Da Tuan Jie (The Great Unity of the Chinese Nationalities) won an award.
* January 11, the International Industrial Exhibition was inaugurated in Bombay.
* May 16, China-India Friendship Association was established in Beijing. In the same month, "Indian Art Exhibition" was held in Beijing; Premier Zhou Enlai personally presided over the opening ceremony.
* December, Chinese table-tennis team visited India.

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1953

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* India-China Friendship Association was established in Delhi.
* July-August, the Indian cultural delegation led by Sachin Sen Gupta visited China and gave performances. Mao Zedong, President of the PRC, also saw these performances. Li Dequan, Health Minister, PRC, visited India.
* Harindranath Chattopadhyay, renowned Indian poet and Member of Parliament, visited China.

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∗ May-June, a delegation from Central Water and Power Commission, Ministry of Irrigation and Power, India, visited China on an inspection tour.
* June 15, an "Indian Arts, Photography and Handicrafts Exhibition" organised by the China-

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1954

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India Friendship Association was inaugurated in Beijing.
• June 25-28, Zhou Enlai, Premier and Foreign Minister of the PRC visited India and held meetings with Rajendra Prasad, President of India, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Vice President of India and Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India. India and China both sides issued a joint communiqué advocating “Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.”
• June-July, the Chief Engineer and Secretary of Public Works of one of the Himalayan states of India, P R Nanga visited China.
• September- October, Food and Agriculture Minister of Assam, India, visited China on an inspection tour.
• October 19-30, Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime minister of India, along with her daughter, Indira Gandhi, visited China. Chairman Mao Zedong personally met Prime Minister Nehru and held a banquet in his honour.
• December-January 1955, a 67-member Chinese cultural delegation led by Zheng Zhenduo, Vice-minister, Ministry of Culture, PRC, and Zhou Erfu, secretary-general of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, visited India. The delegation held song and dance performances and Beijing Opera. Beijing Opera artistes led by Li Shaochun performed shows in Delhi, Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, and also visited Tagore’s home in Santiniketan.

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1955

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• February 5, a Chinese arts and crafts exhibition jointly organised by the Chinese People’s Association for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society opened in Delhi.
• February, Chinese film personality Zhang Ruifang visited India and attended the Indian Film Conference.
• June, Dr Dey, Chairman of Indian Society of Engineers visited China.
• June-July, an Indian medical delegation visited China and delivered lectures.
• June-August, an Indian cultural delegation led by Indian deputy foreign minister Anil Kumar Chanda, visited China. During the visit, artists from both the countries held joint discussions and exchanged experiences.
• September 11, people in Beijing commemorated the 1,500 years of Ajanta Cave paintings; famous personalities belonging to the Chinese art and culture circles like Wu Zuoren, Zheng Zhenduo, Chang Shuhong, Liu Kaiqu, Chang Renxia et al wrote a series of articles on the subject.
• September-October, Health Minister of India Rajkumari Amrit Kaur visited China; she attended China’s National Day celebrations and also met Premier Zhou Enlai.
• October, Chinese Art Industry Exhibition organised by India-China Friendship Association was held at the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society
• October, an Indian film delegation led by Prithviraj Kapoor visited China.
• October, Indian national basketball team visited China. Mao Zedong himself watched the match and met the players of both India and China.
• November, a medical delegation from the Chinese health ministry visited India.
• November-December, China sent a delegation to participate in the Indian Industrial Exhibition and showcase their exhibits.
• A delegation of Chinese scientists visited India.
• A delegation of teachers and students from India visited China.

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1956

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• May-June, a delegation from Chinese Education Union visited Calcutta in India, and participated in the Third All India Primary School Teachers’ Association meeting.
• July, an Indian agricultural delegation visited China on an inspection tour.
• August, an Indian delegation visited China to inspect agricultural planning and techniques.
• September 4, an exhibition of the artefacts, photographs and other replicas of China’s ancient grottos, temples, tombs opened in the exhibition hall of the All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society.
• In September, a Chinese agricultural science delegation visited India on an inspection tour.
• A delegation from Ministry of Railways, India and experts from Indian Institute of Science visited China.
• Prof. Satish Dhawan, Department of Aeronautical Engineering of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, visited China.
• During November 28-December 10, Zhou Enlai, Premier and Foreign Minister of PRC visited India; he held talks on the border issue with Jawaharlal Nehru and addressed the joint session of the Indian Parliament. He also visited Delhi, Bombay, Madras and Calcutta.
• December, a Chinese writers’ delegation led by Mao Dun, Zhou Yang and Lao She of the Chinese Writers’ Association came to India to participate in the Asian African Writers Conference.

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1957

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• March, Chinese Acrobatics Troupe visited India; Prime Minister Nehru watched their performance.
• End of March, Indian dancers Kamala Lakshman and sisters visited China and performed Indian classical dance.
• July 9, Premier Zhou Enlai and Mrs. Zhou met Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis and Mrs. Mahalanobis and had dinner together. A renowned statistician, Prof. Mahalanobis was the Honorary Statistical Advisor to the Cabinet of the Government of India, Director of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and Chairman of the United Nations Statistical Commission.

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• August, an Indian film delegation went to China to participate in the Asian Film Week.

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• July-August, India's Uday Shankar's dance troupe performed in China.

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• An Indian youth art troupe visited China.

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• A Chinese salt industry delegation visited India.

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• Indian mathematician D. D. Kosambi and mineralogist Ghosh visited China.

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• Chinese playwrights Sun Weishi and A Jia visited India.

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• An Indian writers' delegation visited China.

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• Dr Basu went to China to participate in Chinese National Day Celebrations.

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• Decmember 12, 10 Chinese paintings and wood engravings were exhibited during the Seventh International Exhibition of Modern Art held in New Delhi.

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1958

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• Chinese water (resources) delegation visited India on an inspection tour.

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• Minister of Agriculture of Bombay State visited China on an inspection tour.

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• Dr Basu went to China to learn Chinese acupuncture.

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• An Indian film producer went to China and shot a full-length documentary *Zhongguo zai qian jin* (China is Advancing).

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• November, Wu Xue, Director of the Chinese Youth Art Theatre and Executive Director of the Chinese Dramatists Association visited India, and participated in the first *Kalidasa Samaroh*.

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1959

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• January, an Indian water resources and irrigation delegation visited China.

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• January-February, The Chinese Academy of Sciences sent its delegates to participate in the Indian Science Congress.

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• March- April, an Indian steel delegation visited China.

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• Dr Basu again went to China to learn acupuncture.

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• October-November, Dr and Mrs Pachauri visited China where they also met Premier Zhou Enlai.

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1960

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• January, Zhou Peiyuan, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Vice President of the Peking University, along with Zhao Jiuzhang, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Director of the Institute of Geophysics, CAS participated in the 47ᵗʰ annual meeting of the Indian Science Congress.

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• April 19-26, Zhou Enlai, Premier and Foreign Minister of the PRC, visited India. Premier Zhou made a courtesy call on the President of India, Rajendra Prasad and held several rounds of talks with Prime Minister Nehru, exchanging views on Sino- Indian boundary issue and bilateral relations. The Joint Communiqué issued by the two leaders after the talks expressed the commitment to jointly resolve the boundary issue.

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• In October, D. D. Kosambi, Mathematician and Executive Director of the World Peace Council, visited China again and met Premier Zhou Enlai.

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1971

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• In August, China invited Indian table-tennis team to participate in the Asian and African Table-Tennis Invitational Tournament.

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1973

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• In April, B. K. Basu, President of the All India Kotnis Memorial Committee visited China on the invitation of Ye Jianying, member of the politburo of the CPC.

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1974

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• In May, an All India Kotnis Memorial Committee delegation visited China. During the visit, delegates planted two trees of friendship in front of the memorials of Madan Mohanlal Atal and Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis at the North China Cemetery of Revolutionary Martyrs, Shijiazhuang.

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1975

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• In February, Chinese table-tennis delegation came to India on a friendly visit and also played matches.

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1976

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• Dr Basu led an All India Kotnis Memorial Committee delegation on a visit to China. The delegation participated in the opening ceremony of the Kotnis Memorial Hall.

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• China participated in the Sixth International Film Festival of India. Feature films *Bai Mao Nü* (The White-Haired Girl) and *Du Jiang Zhen Cha Ji* (Reconnaissance Across The Yangtze), documentary *Beijing Ye Yu Ti Xiao Wu Shu Ban* (Martial Art Class of the Amateur Sports School of Beijing) and science education film *Xiong Mao* (Giant Panda) were the Chinese entries.

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1977

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• In March, Government of India allowed the Badminton Association of India to send three delegates to Beijing to attend an instructor training course.

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• In October, a Chinese youth badminton team came to India on a friendly visit.

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• October-November, Chinese Medical Association Paediatrics Academy delegation visited India and participated in the Fifteenth International Conference of Paediatrics.

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• November, Chinese National Mining Commission delegation visited India and participated in the 41ˢᵗ Organizing Committee Meeting of the World Mining Congress.

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1978

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• In January, UNESCO organised the "Painting Exhibition of the People's Republic of China" in the Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.
• February 9, China exhibited 20 Chinese paintings in the Fourth Indian Fine Arts Exhibition and Fine Arts Fair.
• March, Wang Bingnan, President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, led a 12 member delegation to visit India. The delegation met Vice President of India Basappa Danappa Jatti, Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai, Foreign Affairs Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Indira Gandhi.
• April, Indian badminton team reached Beijing to participate in the Third Asian Badminton Invitational Tournament.
• June, an Indian doctors' delegation led by Dr. Basu inspected the practice of acupuncture in Beijing and Shanghai.
• July, the Federation of Film Societies of India and India-China Friendship Association, West Bengal, jointly organised Chinese film festival in Calcutta. In the same month, famous Indian director Mrinal Sen and his wife visited China.
• September, a Chinese agricultural delegation came to India on an inspection tour.
• November, an Indian mining delegation visited Beijing, Fushun, Shenyang, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Datong in China.
• November end, an Indian dance troupe visited China to give performances.
• Famous Bengali writer Maitreyi Devi visited China.

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1979

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• February, Foreign Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited China and met Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping.
• June, Dr. Basu went to China to participate in the acupuncture and acupuncture anaesthesia conference.
• Indian playwright M. M. Dutt and Mrs. M. M. Dutt visited China.

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1980

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• January, China participated in the International Film Festival of India, Bangalore. Feature film *Xiao Hua* (Floret), *Bai Qiuen Dai Fu* (Dr. Bethune) and *Da Lang Tao Sha* (Mighty Waves Crashing on a Sandy Shore), and documentaries *Shen Qi de Chang Jiang Yuan* (The Mystical Source of Yangtze River) and *Chun Lei* (Spring Thunder) were the Chinese entries.
• March, on the invitation of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research Vice Agricultural Minister of China, Liu Xigeng led a Chinese delegation on a visit to Punjab, India.
• March, on the invitation of the Chinese National Sports Commission, one trainer from India's National Institute of Sports participated in the "athletics instructor training course" held in China
• May, Chinese table-tennis delegation headed by Li Furong visited New Delhi on the invitation of Table Tennis Association of India after participating in the Fifth Asian Table Tennis Championships at Calcutta.
• May, Prof. V. T. Gupta of the Punjab University visited China and inspected the Himalayan geography.
• June, Director of the East China Water Institute, Yan Kai participated in the UN International Hydrological Programme (IHP) - Asian Hydrological Data Exchange Meeting held at New Delhi.
• June, Indian film personality, G. Anand visited China on the invitation of the China Film Import and Export Corporation.
• October, Chinese dancers Zhang Jun and Liu Youlan came to India on an Indian Government scholarship programme to learn Indian classical dance.

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1981

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• China's Lu Xun experts, Wang Shijing, Wu Xiaoling, and Bengali literature translator, Shi Zhen visited India.
• February-March, Wuhan Acrobatic Troupe led by Xia Juhua performed in New Delhi, Jaipur, Hyderabad and Calcutta. The troupe also met Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
• April, Chinese gymnastics' delegation visited India. In November, Indian junior lawn tennis team visited China. This was the first time in more than 20 years that the sportsmen from the two countries paid mutual special visits to each others countries.
• May, India organised a week-long Chinese painting exhibition.
• June, Premier of the State Council of the PRC and Foreign Minister, Huang Hua visited India.
• November, China participated in the Second International Children's Film Festival of India. Chinese feature film *Miao miao* (The Young Teacher) won the Best Children's Film Award.
• November-December, Shanghai's men's volleyball team visited India.
• December, a Chinese delegation of practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine led by Vice President of the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tang Youzhi and Head of the Guang'anmen Hospital of the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shi Xiuzhang visited six cities of India. At the end of the month, the Chinese delegation watched the documentary “Cataract Removal by Acupuncture Needle”, brought from China, along with more than 100 practitioners of traditional Indian medicine at the Institute of Traditional Indian Medicine, Banaras.

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• December, a Chinese Academy of Sciences’ delegation participated in the Indian Science Congress and the 50ᵗʰ anniversary celebrations of the Indian Statistical Institute.

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1982

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• June-July, an Indian petroleum delegation went to China. The delegation visited Daqing oilfield, Bohai offshore oil facilitiy, oil refinery of the Yanshan Petrochemical Company Ltd and Sichuan natural gas.

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• November 12, Indian ambassador to China held a reception in the honour of the Chinese sports delegation going to India for participating in the Ninth Asian Games.

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• November, a national science delegation from India visited China.

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• December, Dr. Basu led a delegation to China for participating in the 40ᵗʰ death anniversary meeting of Dr. Kotnis and the 25ᵗʰ death anniversary meeting of Madan Mohanlal Atal.

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• December, an India Council of Social Science Research delegation visited China. Deng Xiaoping personally met the delegates.

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1983

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• February, Chinese women’s softball team came to India on a friendly visit.

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• March, Chinese soccer team participated in the Second Nehru Cup International Football Tournament held in Cochin.

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• August, famous Indian sitarist, Ravi Shankar performed in China.

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• October, a delegation of Hindi scholars like Liu Guonan, Jin Dinghan et al from the Department of Oriental Languages, Peking University, visited India. The delegation participated in the World Hindi Conference held in New Delhi.

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• October, Chinese Chess team participated in the fifth Asian Team Chess Championship held in New Delhi.

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• November, an Indian science and technology policy, management, and planning delegation visited China on the invitation of China’s National Commission of Science and Technology (presentday Ministry of Science and Technology). Both sides exchanged views on strengthening the bilateral exchanges in the realm of science and technology, and developing science and technology policy.

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• November, in the Third International Children’s Film Festival of India, Chinese children film *Quan Shui Ding Dong* (Bubbling Spring) won the Golden Elephant award. It also won the Children’s Jury Award for best movie. Chinese child artist Wang Jiaying won the second award for Best Female Child Artist.

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• November-December, Chinese badminton team participated in the Fifth Asian Badminton Tournament held at Calcutta.

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1984

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• January, Chinese soccer team participated in the third Nehru cup football tournament.

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• February, Vice-chairman of the standing committee of the PRC’s National People’s Congress, Huang Hua led the delegation from China’s National People’s Congress on its visit to India. Both the sides agreed to promote exchanges and learning in the fields of family planning and biomedical research.

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• February, Deputy Director of the Institute of Mathematic of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yang Yue, led a Chinese delegation on its visit to India.

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• February, a Chinese delegation of leprosy experts led by the consultant of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Ma Dehai visited India. The delegation participated in the 12ᵗʰ International Leprosy Conference.

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• May, Indian dance troupe, Kalakshetra visited China on the invitation of China’s Ministry of Culture and gave performances.

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• May, Indian radio and television delegation visited China.

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• June, an Indian tea industry delegation visited China on an inspection tour and participated in the 3ʳᵈ International Conference of Equipment Engineers.

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• October, the Chinese government sent vice-premier Yao Yilin to participate in the funeral of Indira Gandhi.

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• October, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society organised China Culture Week in New Delhi to celebrate the National Day of China, Chinese movies were screened during the culture week.

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1985

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• January, to celebrate the Republic Day of India, Beijing’s Great Wall Hotel, Air India, Indian Embassy in China and India’s Ministry of Tourism jointly organised Indian Food Festival and Indian Cultural Festival in Beijing’s Great Wall Hotel. Indian magicians performed magic shows and Indian movies like *36 Chowringhee Lane* and Ankur were screened during the festival.

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• February, a Chinese radio and television delegation led by the vice- minster of the PRC’s Ministry of Radio, Film, and Television, Ma Qingxiong, visited India.

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• February, Yang Guang from the China Institute of Music led a delegation which put up an exhibition of Chinese musical instruments in India and also gave performances.

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• March 2-18, China’s Jiangxi Acrobatics Troupe visited and performed in India. On February 17, Indian Vice President, R. Venkataraman personally watched their performance and had a group photo with the performers.
• August, China’s Minister of Metallurgy, Li Dongye visited India.
• August, Chinese feature film *Yue Guang Xia de Xiao Wu* (The Little House Under the Moon) won the Best Feature Film Award during the 4ᵗʰ International Children’s Film Festival of India
• November, a China Movie Week was held in New Delhi. A Chinese film delegation led by Wu Yigong visited India
• Renowned Chinese indologist, Ji Xianlin visited India.
• December, a Communist Party of China delegation came to India to participate in the centenary year celebrations of the Indian National Congress.

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1986

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• March, India Film Week was held in Beijing, *Saprsh*, *Tawaif* and *Sasural*, were the movies screened during the week. Besides Beijing, these movies were also screened in Shanghai, Tianjin, and Chongqing.
• July, a delegation from the Indian National Science Academy, led by Academy President C.N.R. Rao visited China.
• A Chinese writers’ delegation visited India.

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1987

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• January, During the 11ᵗʰ International Film Festival of India, Chinese movie *Ye Mama* (The Outcast) won the Special Jury Award and the Critics Award given by the Indian Film Critics Association. Chinese movie *Liang Jia Fu Nü* (A Good Woman) won the International Critics Award.
• April, an Indian radio and television delegation visited China. China shot the television serial *Ai Dehua- ke Dihua* (Madan Mohanlal Atal- Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis) in India.
• November, Indian national television channel telecasted Chinese movie *Ye Mama* (The Outcast).

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1988

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• May, Waladarjen, Secretary of Sports and Culture of the Ministry of Human Resources Development, India, led an Indian government cultural delegation to the friendly visit of China on the invitation of China’s Ministry of Culture. The governments of the two countries signed the first cultural exchange and cooperation agreement.
• December, China’s Minister of Culture, Liu Deyou led the Chinese government culture delegation on its visit to India. During the visit, the two governments signed “Three Year (1988-1990) Cultural Exchange Implementation Plan”.
• December 19-23, Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi carried out his official goodwill visit to the PRC. During the visit, Rajiv Gandhi held talks with the chairman of the Central Military Commission of the PRC, Deng Xiaoping, and Premier of the State Council, Li Peng. The governments of both the countries decided to establish Joint Working Group on Border Issues and Joint Economic Group on Economic Relations and Trade, Science and Technology. The two sides signed the Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement, the Civil Air Transport Agreement and the Three Year (1988-1990) Cultural Exchange Implementation Plan. Both the governments also decided to send writers delegation to each other countries every alternate year.

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1990

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• November, an Indian government cultural delegation led by the Secretary of sports and culture of the Ministry of Human Resources Development of the Republic of India visited China. Both sides signed “the Sino-Indian Cultural Agreement, 1991-1993 Implementation Plan”.

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1991

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• December 11-16, at the invitation of the Prime Minister of India P. V. Narasimha Rao, Chinese Premier Li Peng paid an official goodwill visit to India. During the visit, the governments of both the countries jointly agreed to mutually hold cultural festivals, issued Joint Declaration and signed documents like “the Republic of India and the People’s Republic of China Consular Treaty”, “Agreement on Setting up of a Consulate General at Bombay and Shanghai”, “MOU Between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of PRC on Resumption of Border Trade”, “the 1992 Trade Agreement Between the Government of India and China, “MOU between the Department of Space of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace of PRC on Cooperation and Peaceful Use of Space Technology”.

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1992

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• February, Li Tieying , member of the State Council and the head of the State Education Commission came to India on an inspection tour of Indian education system.
• May 18-23, Indian President R. Venkataraman paid a state visit to China. During the visit, he held talks with the General Secretary of CPCCC Jiang Zemin, President Yang Shangkun as well as Premier of the State Council Li Peng. Both the sides expressed the willingness to further strengthen the communication and study in various fields.
• December, Chinese movies were screened in New Delhi, Mumbai and other places during the Chinese culture festival.

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- April, PRC’s State Councillor and the Head of the State Science and Technology Commission (present Ministry of Science and Technology) Song Jian led a Chinese delegation on its visit to India. The delegation attended the third meeting of the India-China Joint Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation.
- September 6-9, at the invitation of Premier Li Peng, the Indian Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao paid an official visit to China. During the visit, the governments of both the countries signed documents regarding Agreement on Maintaining Peace and Stability at the Line of Actual Control, Agreement on Cooperation Between Chinese Ministry of Radio, Film and Television and Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Protocol for Extension of Border Trade across Shipki La Pass
- December, Chinese Vice Premier Li Lanqing led the delegation of the Chinese government to India to participate in the E-9 Education Summit.

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**1994**
- June, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Wu Yi led a Chinese delegation to India to participate in the India-China Joint Economic Group on Economic Relations and Trade, Science and Technology.
- September, the Indian Minister of Health and Family Welfare visited China. Both sides signed a Health and Medical Scientific Cooperation Agreement.
- China held the first India Culture Festival. India sent a large delegation of more than 140 people including 10 cultural troupes and government officials.

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**1995**
- January, according to the agreement, China provided 44.4 tons of low-enriched Uranium to India’s Tarapur nuclear power plant.
- March, Indian Minister of State of Environment and Forests visited China and signed the protocol on protecting Tigers between the two governments.
- March, the deputy director of China’s State Science and Technology Commission led the Chinese governments’ science and technology delegation on an official friendly visit to India.
- June, the Vice Minister of public health of China led a delegation to India on an invitation and signed summaries of cooperation with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
- November, The Chairman of Education Commission of PRC (present Ministry of Education) Zhu Kaixuan led a delegation to India and both sides signed a Communication Plan on Education, Training and Management.

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**1996**
- October, The Vice-Minister of China’s Health Ministry visited India and participated in the International Health Conference.
- November 28-December 1, at the invitation of Indian President Shankar Dayal Sharma the President of PRC Jiang Zemin paid a state visit to India. During the visit, both the governments affirmed to build a constructive cooperative partnership in the 21ˢᵗ century on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and signed documents like Agreement on Confidence Building Measures at the Military Areas of the LAC, Sino-Indian Sea Transportation Agreement, Agreement of Cooperation in the Fields of Attacking Illegal Trafficking of Drugs, Psychotropic Drugs, Narcotics and Other Illegal Activities.

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**1997**
- July, the first Indian industrial technology exhibition was held in Beijing.
- November, the delegation of the State Science and Technology Commission visited India and held the second China technology exhibition.
- December, the Chairman of the Sports Commission of the People’s Republic of China Wu Shaozu paid a friendly visit to India. During the visit, China’s Olympic Committee and India’s Olympic Committee signed an agreement on sports exchange.

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**1999**
- April, the Vice Minister of China’s Information Industry led a delegation to India on an inspection tour.
- May, the fourth session of India China Joint Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation was held in Beijing, both the sides signed cooperation agreements.
- June 14-16, India’s foreign minister Jaswant Singh visited China. During the visit, he held talks with Premier Zhu Rongji and both sides reached consensus on “India and China do not pose a threat to each other” and “the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence being the Norm for Handling International and Bilateral Relations”.

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**2000**
- May 28- June 3, Indian President K. R. Narayanan went on a state visit to China. During the visit, he held talks with the President of PRC and the Chairman of the Central Military Commission Jiang Zemin. Both sides exchanged views on bilateral relations and global as well as regional issues and reached consensus on many matters. They also agreed on establishing a ‘China India Forum’.
- July, The Foreign Minister of China Tang Jiaxuan visited India on the invitation from Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh. Both sides held talks on implementing the consensus reached upon by the leaders of two countries and ways of developing and improving the bilateral relations.

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• Chinese feature films like *Huang He Jue Liang* (Grief Over the Yellow River), *Yi Ge Dou Bu Neng Shao* (Not One less), *Wo De Fuqin Muqin* (The Road Home) and documentaries like *Gu Gong* (The Palace Museum), *Chang Cheng* (The Great Wall) were screened in cities like New Delhi, Chandigarh, Calcutta, Chennai etc.

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• During 2000-2001, China’s National Lawn Tennis team, Rowing team, Junior Women’s Basketball team, Chess team etc, visited India.

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2001

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• January 9-16, at the invitation of the Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Krishna Kant and the Speaker of Lok Sabha, G M C Balayogi, Chairman of the NPC standing committee Li Peng visited India. His proposals of having more frequent mutual visits between the parliaments of the two countries, forming a Parliamentary friendship group, and deepening the cooperation between the two parliaments in international affairs, received positive feedback from India.

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• January-February, Chinese painter Chen Zui visited India.

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• March, Peking University scholars, Professors Ma Keyao and Wang Bangwei, visited India.

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• April, the head of China’s State Administration of Cultural Heritage Zhang Wenbin visited India.

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• May, a delegation from the Foreign Friendship Association of the Tibet Autonomous Region led by Ma Erqiong visited India.

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• June 15, Chinese scholar professor Jin Dinghan was honoured by Indian President K R Narayanan with Dr George Grierson Award at Rashtrapati Bhawan for his distinguished contribution and achievements in the research of Hindi language and literature, and translations of Hindi literary works.

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• December, a Chinese writers delegation led by the former culture minister of China and famous writer Wang Meng visited India.

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2002

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• January 14-18, at the invitation of Indian Prime-minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji paid an official friendly visit to India. Both sides held talks and signed documents on tourism, peaceful utilization of outer space, water conservation, exchanges of talented personnel etc. Chongqing Kids Acrobatic troupe also visited with the Chinese premier and performed in cities like, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore etc.

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2003

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• June 22–27, at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee paid an official friendly visit to China. During the visit, both sides exchanged ideas regarding bilateral relations and international and regional issues of common concern. Both sides signed “2003 - 2005 Implementation Plan of Cultural Cooperation Agreement of the Governments of India and China”, “Principles of India- China Relations and the Declaration of Comprehensive Cooperation”, including nine memorandums of understanding like “MOU on Mutually Establishing Cultural Centre” etc. The contents involved various fields like judiciary, education, culture, science and technology, energy, quarantine, simplifying visa procedures and expanding border trade etc. Both sides agreed to jointly build an Indian style Buddhist Hall at the White Horse Temple in Luoyang.

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2004

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• July 8–19, Indian Art and Culture troupe visited China and gave performances.

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• July 17-19, the Indian Embassy organised Indian Mango Fair in Beijing.

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• July 25-31, an Indian science and technology delegation visited China. Under the framework of India China Joint Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, the delegation held working- level discussion with the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology. The Indian Delegation also held talks with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Natural Science Foundation of China and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs. The delegation also visited the China National Nanotechnology Center, China Seismological Bureau, and also visited Shenzhen.

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• July 27–August 3, the head of China’s State Administration of Cultural Heritage visited India.

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• July 28-August 4, an Indian children’s art delegation visited China.

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• August 16- 27, an Indian *wushu* and arts delegation visited China to participate in the 6th Asian Art Festival organised by the Chinese Ministry of Culture.

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• August 28-September 6, the governor of Henan province visited India. During the delegation’s visit, India declared that it will build a Buddhist Monastery in Luoyang.

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2005

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• From April 9-12, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao paid an official friendly visit to India. During the visit, he held talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The governments of the two countries declared building of a strategic cooperative partnership oriented towards peace and prosperity. Both sides signed documents like “the Joint Statement of PRC and the Republic of India”, “an agreement of Political Guiding Principle for Resolving the Border Issue between India and China” etc.

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* August 31 - September 2, Renuka Chowdhury, Minister of State for Tourism, India, visited China. During her meeting with the Chinese media she underlined the need to promote India as a tourist destination among a large number of Chinese tourists and increase the number of Chinese tourists going to India.
* September 7-9, the Indian Bidding Committee for 2014 Asian Games visited China.
* November 14-20, Indian Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr A Ramdas paid a friendly visit to China heading a five-member delegation.

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2006

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* On New Year’s day, the heads of state and the Prime Ministers of India and China exchanged congratulatory calls and declared 2006 as the “India China Friendship Year”
* January 1-8, China’s Liaoning Peking Opera Troupe visited India on the invitation of India’s National School of Drama.
* January 6, China’s Shanxi Folk Art Exhibition opened in New Delhi.
* February 28 – March 3, China’s tea delegation visited India.
* On April 26, the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Indian style Buddhist hall was held at the White Horse Temple of Luoyang city in Henan Province. The Indian Ambassador to China Nalin Surie gave a speech during the ceremony.
* August 25– September 1, the Indian Film Festival was held in Beijing.
* November 20-23, President of China Hu Jintao came to India on a state visit. During his visit, the leaders of both the countries agreed to exchange mutual visits 500 youngsters in the next five years. The governments of the two countries together issued a “Joint Declaration”, formulated “Ten Strategies” to strengthen cooperative partnership and signed thirteen cooperative agreements like “Agreement on Boosting and Protecting Investment” etc. Hu Jintao also participated in the celebrations of “India China Friendship Year”.
* December 25, the Indian Minister of Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni visited China and held talks with the Chinese Minister of Culture Sun Jiazheng regarding bilateral cultural exchanges. On December 26, “Gods of the West – Ancient Indian Treasures Exhibition” opened in the China National Museum. Indian Minister of Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni, Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, Head of China’s State Administration of Cultural Heritage Shan Jixiang and Indian Ambassador to China Nirupama Rao attended the opening ceremony and jointly inaugurated the ceremony by cutting the ribbon.

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2007

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* February 14, Indian Embassy in China held the launch ceremony of “India-China Year of Friendship through Tourism, 2007”.
* October 25-29, Congress Party President and Chairperson of UPA Sonia Gandhi paid a friendly visit to China on the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao. During her visit, Sonia Gandhi gave a speech at Qinghua University. In her speech she emphasised on the importance of strengthening the exchanges between the youth of both the countries. The General Secretary of the Indian Youth Congress Rahul Gandhi accompanying the Indian delegation paid a visit to the President of Peking University Xu Zhihong, and the Chairman of All-China Youth Federation Yang Yue to further promote exchanges between the youth of both the countries. The Indian delegation also visited museums and historical sites in Beijing, Xi’an and Shanghai, and watched Beijing Opera and Recreated Tang style music dances.

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2008

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* January 13-15, at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paid an official friendly visit to China. During the visit, both sides reached a consensus on establishing China India Exchange Fund for expanding the exchanges in the field of humanities, continuing the exchange visit of 100 youth delegates between the two countries and jointly organising “India Festival” and “China Festival” in 2010. The governments of both countries also signed 10 cooperative documents like “A Shared Vision for the 21ˢᵗ Century Of the Republic of India and the People’s Republic of China” etc.
* August, India despatched sports delegation to Beijing to participate in the 29ᵗʰ Summer Olympic Games. A total of 57 sportspersons participated in 13 events. President and Chairperson of UPA Sonia Gandhi along with General Secretary of the Indian National Congress Rahul Gandhi, arrived in Beijing to participate in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and other related art and cultural activities. At the same time, the “2008 Olympic Games Cultural Festival” was jointly organised in New Delhi by the Chinese Embassy in India, Hotel Meridian Plaza, New Delhi and an Indian stamp web portal “Stamps Today”.
* November 18–27, at the invitation of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Chinese Ministry of Culture sent the Tianjin Acrobatic Troupe of thirty members to perform in India. During the visit, the group gave four performances respectively in New Delhi and Kolkata, and held interactions with Indian Artists and local India China Friendship Association.

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* November 23, “The South Asian Forum: Celebrating the 110ᵗʰ Anniversary of the Birth of Tan Yunshan and Prabodh Chandra Bagchi”, jointly organised by institutions like Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Peking University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Shenzhen University etc convened in Beijing. Many scholars from India and China participated and delivered speeches.

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2009

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* May 20-23, the First India China University Students Forum, jointly organised by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, India China Association for Friendship and Centre for Indian Studies in Peking University, was held successfully at the Peking University.

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2010

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* March 21-25, at the invitation of the Indian Lalit Kala Akademi and Sangeet Natak Akademi, Vice chairman of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Li Mu visited India with a delegation of six members. During the visit, both sides discussed the exchange and cooperation in the fields like art, drama, dance, and music, and agreed to sign cooperation and exchange agreement at the appropriate time.
* May 26-31, at the invitation of the Chinese President Hu Jintao, President of India Pratibha Patil paid a state visit to China. During the visit, the two leaders reached a consensus on strengthening bilateral cooperation and exchanges in the humanities fields like culture, education, academics, media, youth, and people-to-people exchanges etc, consolidating and developing the friendship between the two countries by organising a series celebration activities to mark the 60ᵗʰ anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and China. The leaders of two countries jointly attended reception held to mark the 60ᵗʰ anniversary of China-India diplomatic ties. President Pratibha Patil also attended the opening ceremony of the Indian style Buddhist Hall at the White Horse Temple in Luoyang. Indian President also visited the 41ˢᵗ Shanghai World Expo.
* July 1- August 2, India held “India Festival -2010” in China to celebrate the 60ᵗʰ anniversary of India-China diplomatic ties, an Indian Bollywood song and dance troupe and some other art troupes went to China to perform.
* August 26-30, as part of the celebrations to mark the 60ᵗʰ anniversary of India-China diplomatic ties, the India China Friendship Painting and Art Exhibition opened in Beijing.
* August 30-September 3, India participated in the 17ᵗʰ Beijing International Book Fair as the Country of Honour.
* October 31, Premier Wen Jiabao visited the India pavilion at Shanghai Expo.
* December 15-17, at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao paid an official visit to India. During the visit, both sides designated 2011 as the “Year of China-India Exchange”, decided to exchange mutual visits of 500 youth delegates, and deepen the exchanges and cooperation in the fields of media, education etc. Both sides jointly attended the closing ceremony of “China Festival” and the commemorative activities of the 60th anniversary of India-China diplomatic ties. The two sides also signed the “ the Government of People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of India Cultural Cooperation Implementation Plan, 2010-2012”, covering culture, arts, cultural heritage, youth exchanges, education, sports, journalism, publishing and mass media etc. In addition, Wen Jiabao also visited Tagore International School, New Delhi, and held a meeting with people from India China cultural circles.

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* July 11, “The Phenomenon of Tan Yunshan and Cultural Exchange between China and India in the 21ˢᵗ century - China Indian Culture and Art Forum”, organised by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and China Academy of Art convened in Beijing. During the conference, experts from India and China exchanged views on China – India cultural exchanges, discussions covered area like film, theater, traditional Chinese culture and literature, Indian Buddhist philosophy etc.
* November 3-5, an International Conference to commemorate the 150ᵗʰ Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s birth, jointly organised by the Department of South Asian Studies, Peking University, Centre for India Studies, Peking University and China India Literary Research Association, convened in Peking University, Beijing. More than 50 scholars from China and India carried out in-depth discussions on issues of Tagore’s literary works, artistic achievement, philosophy, social activities, humanitarian spirit and Tagore’s relationship with China through seven sessions.

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∗ March 28-30, Chinese President Hu Jintao visited India to participate in the Fourth BRICS Leaders Meeting held in New Delhi. During the visit, he had a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Both the sides reached consensus on major projects like strengthening cultural exchange, promoting mutual understanding, continuing the mutual exchange visits of the hundred youth delegates, implementing Chinese language teaching in India, strengthening cooperation in tourism, promoting the exchange of personnel,

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