SSB Lecturette Series: PM Modi Visit To China

With a plan to deliver his promise for Foreign Investment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently visited China and successfully grabbed deals worth $ 22 billion. The three-day visit included PM Modi’s ceremonial welcome by the Chinese and signing up of a total of 24 agreements between the two nations. Let us look at the agreements signed between the two countries in detail.

1. Protocols between India and China on the establishments of consulates general at Chengdu and Chennai.
2. Cooperation in vocational education and skill development and setting up of Mahatma Gandhi Institute on skill development in India
3.  MoU between India and China for trade negotiations
4.  MoU on cooperation between the ministry of external affairs of India and international department of the central committee of the communist part of China
5. Action Plan between the National Railway Administration of China and the Ministry of Railways India for cooperation in railways.
6. MoU on Education Exchange Program
7. Cooperation in the fields of mining’s and minerals
8. For space explorations
9. Safety regulations on importing Indian rapeseed meal
10. Broadcasting agreement between Doordarshan and CCTV
11. Agreement for cooperation between the tourism
12. MoU on establishing India china think tank forums
13. MoU between India’s Niti Ayog and China’s Development Research Centre
14. To MoU to achieve cooperation in earthquake science and engineering
15. MoU to achieve cooperation in ocean science, ocean technology, climate change.
16. MoU on scientific cooperation between Geological survey of India, ministry of land and mines of India and China Geological survey and ministry of land and resources.
17. To develop a common forum, a MoU was reached between ministry of external affairs of both the countries
18. To strengthen relations , agreement was reached to develop sister state relations between the cities of:

•           Karnataka and Sichuan
•      Chennai and Chongqing
•      Hyderabad and Qingdao
•     Aurangabad and Dunhuag

     19.  MoU between Indian council of Cultural Relations and Fudan University,      to establish Gandhian and Indian studies
      20.  Mou between Indian council of cultural Relations and Yunnan University   for yoga college.

With these deals worth $22 Billion, India would get one more resource to strengthen its economy and lives of the people. Also, this investment from the Chinese would improve our relations with them. There have been times of conflict and disagreements between the two nations, but PM Modi’s visit to china would pave a way for a better future for both the countries.  There might be tensions related to border conflicts between the two countries but these past few days would open new platforms for the two countries to talk, negotiate and solve out the disputes. As stated by both the Chinese and Indian Officials the visit had been fruitful in the sense that both the sides openly discussed the possibilities without shying away from the differences. Also PM Modi’s initiative to provide e visas to the Chinese would further inject fresh dynamism and improve the bilateral relations between the two countries. PM Modi further took an additional step to introduce a hotline between the military headquarters of India and China, this step would ease off tension on border areas, would provide a platform to interact for the two countries which would instill the feeling of mutual trust between the two countries and pave a way for better future.

About the Author: Shekhar Tanwar is a computer science engineer who is working with a renowned MNC and is a die heart defense aspirant. Guitar is his passion and he is very firm believer of physical fitness. This article is a way to help defense aspirants to present his critical views on the topic, on the forum so that collective exchange of thoughts can take place.