2016年CRI Indian President to Visit China on May 24th

 

Mukherjee's trip to China follows a state visit to India by Chinese President Xi Jinping 2-years ago.

It also comes a year after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to China last year.

This will be Mukherjee's first trip to China as Indian President.

"I am glad to have this opportunity to respond to his invitation. Because it is our efforts to intensify¹ our relationship and this state visit, interaction with the leaders, having dialogue with the leadership of the country and various prospection's of the people, always enhance the possibilities of cooperation."

Mukherjee is due to start his trip in the southern Chinese metropolis² of Guangzhou.

Guangzhou has strong business ties with India.

There are around 3-thousand Indian nationals living in Guangzhou.

Bilateral³ trade between Guangzhou and India hit 20-billion renminbi last year.

As part of his time there, Mukherjee plans to host an India-China Forum⁴ to highlight investment opportunities in India.

From Guangzhou, Mukherjee will then travel to Beijing, where he's expected to meet with host Xi Jinping and other top leaders.

His agenda is said to include a mandate⁵ to press for more inter-personal exchanges between China and India.

"When these two old civilizations come together and more than often we use to say that if we work together, on the world platform, world will notice and world will appreciate that the 2.5 billion people of these two old civilizational countries have come together, they are working together, that will be the most remarkable⁶ thing,".

During his political meetings, Mukherjee is also expected to press for resolutions to a number of long-standing issues between the two countries.

"My visit I do hope will also provide an opportunity to expand and deepen our relations in trade, commerce, investment. We are doing fine but for full potentiality is not yet implemented⁷, exploited, that's why we want to resolve all outstanding issues which will be mutually acceptable."

Mukherjee's time in China will be followed by visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September, who is due to take part in this year's G20 Summit to be held in the city of Hangzhou.

1 intensify   

vt.加强；变强；加剧

参考例句：

• We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
• They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。

2 metropolis   

n.首府；大城市

参考例句：

• Shanghai is a metropolis in China.上海是中国的大都市。
• He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱。

3 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

4 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

5 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

6 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

7 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句