The eleventh session of the China-India joint-group on Economic Relations, Trade, Science & Technology was held recently in New Delhi.
The session was co-chaired by the Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Suresh Prabhu and the Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Zhong Shan.
Both countries agreed to continue to take forward initiatives identified in 5 Year Development Programme for Economic and Trade Cooperation (DPETC) signed in September 2014.
India has emerged as the seventh largest export destination for Chinese products, and the 24th largest exporter to China.
India and China are the largest emerging economies of world with 35% of the world’s population and around 20% of the world’s GDP
But the relative volume of bilateral trade is less than 1% of global trade.