China, India vow to boost relationship

Beijing and New Delhi reaffirmed on Monday their commitment to deepening mutually beneficial cooperation and promoting steady, positive growth in bilateral relations, as Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar made his first visit to China in over five years.

Vice-President Han Zheng and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met separately with Jaishankar, who will also attend the Meeting of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States, scheduled for Tuesday in Tianjin.

Han emphasized the need to ensure the steady and healthy development of China-India relations under the strategic guidance of the two countries' leaders.