2011 declared as 'Year of India-China Exchange’

India and China have declared the year 2011 as the “Year of India-China Exchange”. Both the countries will encourage, during this period, greater exchanges between civil society organizations, youth, media, scholars & thinkers, artistes and cultural personalities. Speaking at the Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between India and China in New Delhi
last evening, both Premier Wen Jiabao and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh declared that the 21st Century is the “Asian Century” where mutual understanding and friendship between India and China will be of utmost significance. Both the leaders attended the cultural function last night which also marked the Closing Ceremony of the Festival of China in India which had begun earlier in April this year.