莫迪邀请中国顶级CEO投资印度

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　　Narendra Modi had a candid³ roundtable chat with 22 top Chinese CEOs including Jack⁴ Ma of e-commerce giant Alibaba and Lin Bin⁵, President of phone maker⁶ Xiaomi - which has already made inroads into India.

　　A confident Modi says his new government is "the most business friendly" regime in recent decades in India.

　　"You will already be knowing the direction of my government and the steps we are taking. We have committed ourselves to creating and improving the business environment. I can assure you that once you decide to be in India we are confident to make you more and more comfortable."

　　莫迪邀请中国顶级CEO投资印度

　　Modi's top priority in China is to find ways to reduce India's 48 billion US dollar trade deficit⁷ with its neighbor. India's massive trade gap with China accounts for almost one third of its overall deficit.

　　Modi's aggressive "Made in India" campaign aims to attract Chinese manufacturers struggling with rising labor⁸ costs at home to shift production to India to save money.

　　Chinese CEOs are already warming to this message.

　　After Modi's speech, more than 20 business agreements worth over 22 billion US dollars were exchanged between Chinese and Indian companies.

　　These agreements cover a wide range of sectors⁹ from telecoms, steel, solar energy, and even a film-industry tie-up with Bollywood.

　　Modi also met with over 5000 Indians expats, living across China.

　　One of Modi's final stops in Shanghai included the inauguration¹⁰ of a center for Gandhian studies at prestigious¹¹ Fudan University.

　　There, he re-iterated the message of non-violence and the need for the two Asian giants to work in tandem¹² to achieve regional stability.

　　"We have complimented each other in the past. We can compliment in the present and future too. As two major economies in Asia, the harmonious¹³ partnership¹⁴ between India and China is essential for the economic development and political stability of the continent."

　　Shanghai is the last stop of Modi's three day tour of China.

　　With his business-oriented policies and positive personal rapport¹⁵ with the Chinese President - evident when Xi Jinping decided¹⁶ to host Modi in his hometown - the Indian prime minister's visit is expected to set a new course for the relationship between Asia's two largest economies.

　　For CRI, I'm Poornima Weerasekara.

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