Xi given warm welcome in India
India has made considerable effort to ease travel and visa procedures for Chinese tourists, and the country is expecting more Chinese travelers, he said.
"Last year there were 134 million Chinese tourists traveling abroad, but only 240,000 went to India. I think this number can easily be multiplied at least fivefold if not tenfold in just the coming few years," he said.
Misri also stressed the importance of India-China cooperation under multilateral frameworks such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS and the G20.
India and China have similar concerns and some similar stances among global issues such as climate change, and the two countries have worked together constructively, he said.
"If we can speak on the basis of larger concerns between us, then it would be a significant voice that would be heard on the global stage, of two of the largest countries in the world working together," he said.
Misri highlighted their cooperation in setting up the New Development Bank under the BRICS grouping of nations. The bank, headquartered in Shanghai, is currently headed by Kundapur Vaman Kamath, former chairman of ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank.
