According to an agreement between the two countries' civil aviation authorities, China Eastern Airlines will fly twice a week from Shanghai to Delhi, with a stopover in Beijing, said General Manager Liu Shaoyong.

The decision to open a direct link between China and India has resulted from the constant expansion of bilateral cooperation and exchanges in many areas. Two-way trade has maintained two-digit growth over the recent years, with last year's total reaching three billion U.S. dollars.

(People's Daily February 3, 2002)