Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Friday. (Agence Frnace-Presse)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Friday. (Agence Frnace-Presse)

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:
  1. Protocol for establishment of consulates in Chengdu and Chennai
  2. Cooperation in vocational education and skill development and setting up of Mahatma Gandhi institute on skill development in India
  3. Consultative mechanism on cooperation in trade negotiations
  4. Cooperation between Foreign Ministry and and Central Committee of Communist Party of China (CCCPC)
  5. Action plan between national railway administration of China and Indian Railways
  6. Memorandum of Understanding on education exchange programme
  7. Cooperation in the fields of mining and minerals
  8. Space cooperation outline
  9. Safety regulations on importing Indian rapeseed meal
  10. Broadcasting agreement between CCTV and Doordarshan
  11. Agreement for cooperation in the field of tourism
  12. Memorandum of Understanding on establishing India-China think tanks forum
  13. Memorandum of Understanding between NITI Aayog and Development Research Centre
  14. Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in earthquake science and engineering
  15. Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in ocean sciences, climate change and cryosphere
  16. Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in geo sciences
  17. Memorandum of Understanding on establishment states/provincial leaders’ forum
  18. Cooperation between states and municipalities – establishment of India-China state leaders forum
  19. Agreement on the establishment of sister states Sichuan and Karnataka
  20. Agreement on the establishment of sister cities between Chennai and Chongqing
  21. Agreement on the establishment of sister cities between Hyderabad and Gingdao
  22. Agreement on the establishment of sister cities Aurangabad and Dunhuang
  23. Memorandum of Understanding between ICCR and Fudan University for establishment of centre for Gandhian studies
  24. Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of Yoga college in Kumning
Story First Published: May 15, 2015 09:43 IST