Indian youth delegation visits China to boost friendship
- By Wu Jin
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Priyanka Bissa, who is clad in a vermilion saree, the traditional apparel of India, is a Ph.D. specialist in Political Empowerment and Youth. The 23-year-old from Raipur, the capital city of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, couldn't help expressing how excited she felt on her first visit to China.
She is part of a delegation comprising nearly 200 Indian youngsters, including university students, young professionals, and scholars. They are visiting China from July 2 to 9, 2019. Bissa believes that China and India, the two most populous countries in the world, can work together for a better future while playing their roles not just as change seekers but as change makers.
"We can lead Sino-Indian relations by exchanging technologies and scientific thinking and developing manners of analyzing things together because we're two Asian nations. We have so many traditions that can lead us, and the traditions we have is a reflection of our growth," she said while attending the welcoming ceremony hosted by Embassy of India in Beijing, China, on July 3, 2019.
The relation between China and India features a profound history that dates back to the prestigious Chinese monk Xuan Zang's journey to India in the seventh century. Having lived in India for a few years following his odyssey, he brought back an enormous size of Buddhist scriptures and spent the rest of his life translating them.
Today, after going through ups and downs during the vicissitudes of history, both countries have emerged as the fastest growing economies in the world. In 2017, the bilateral trade between the two countries rose by 20.3 percent to $84.4 billion.
According to Vikram Misri, Ambassador of India to China, the delegation is performing an extremely important role in promoting bilateral ties by their travel, their engagement, and their communication with their Chinese counterparts.
While addressing the delegation at the reception, the ambassador said, more than 99 percent of historical contact between China and India has been positive. Therefore, the Youth Exchange Program was established to provide opportunities for Chinese and Indian youths to understand each other better.
"This activity is an opportunity for you to not only demolish the stereotypes about India, but is also an opportunity for you to look at the situation in China and the lives of Chinese people," the ambassador told the youth delegation.
Since 2006, a regular exchange of youth delegation between China and India has been underway, thanks to the support of India's Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and All China Youth Federation.
Bissa said she had just visited China's incubator Innoway in Zhongguancun, dubbed as Beijing's Silicon Valley. She is amazed by the numerous tech start-ups there. She hopes that she can introduce the ideas to India for future cooperation.
The delegation has been divided into two groups, heading respectively to Lanzhou and Dunhuang, Gansu province. They will return to Beijing on July 8, a day ahead of their departure.
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