Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

On November 8th, 2016, the Fifth China India Forum was successfully held in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, India.This Forum was hosted by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the China India Friendship Association and Podar Enterprise of India, organized by International Business Linkage Forum and Beijing Fortune Plus Culture Communication. Madam Lin Yin, Vice President of the CPAFFC, Mr. Sui Zhongcheng, Vice Governor of Jilin Province , Mr. Zhang Maocai, Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee of Shanxi Provincial People's Congress, Mr. Sun Xiaodong, Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee of Gansu Provincial People's Congress, Mr. Wang Jincai, Chairman of the Standing Committee of Hangzhou Municipal People's Congress, Mr. Li Baijun, Commercial Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in India , as well as Mr. Singh, Rajasthan Industrial Minister, Mr. Desai, Maharashtra Industrial Minister, Mr. Deepak, President of India Merchants Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Rajiv, President of Podar Enterprise and Mr. Sandeep, Executive Director of International Business Linkage Forum attended the Forum.

Vice President Lin Yi made a speech at the Opening Ceremony. She said that the river of China India friendship runs a long course from a remote source, our cooperation is experiencing a rapid development since the 21st century. For two large countries with emerging markets, the economic and trade cooperation between China and India has boundless potentiality. Therefore, we should grasp the opportunity of regional cooperation among BRICS countries, the opportunity of complementary advantages and the opportunity of scale economy, so we could make progress with joint efforts. Mr. Singh, Rajasthan Industrial Minister, warmly welcomed Chinese enterprises to invest in Rajasthan, and mentioned that since China and India are neighbors and both are large countries undergoing fast economic development, the two sides should strengthen exchanges to fully display complementary advantages and pragmatic cooperation. Mr. Rajiv, President of Podar Enterprise expressed his willingness to continue working with China to build a better platform for China India communication, thus making contributions to exchanges and cooperation in various fields.

The theme of this forum is “Decade of Golden Era Ahead”. Six sessions were designed for representatives from China and India governments and enterprises to share their views and put forward suggestions by making speeches. These sessions were Made in China, Made in India, Infrastructure Construction, Exchanges on Travel and Culture, Bank Investment and Financial Cooperation and Sharing the New Development of Electronic Commerce.
In order to promote mutual investment and set up good examples of well-performed enterprises, the CPAFFC held a “Chindia Model” honoring ceremony during the welcome banquet on November 7th. Six Chinese companies including Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Sany Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. as well as six Indian companies including Mahindra Group and Infosys Technologies were awarded. Moreover, this Forum set up nomination awards for five companies including Zoomlion and Hikvision.