Today, being the biggest developing countries in the world, China and India are both committed to developing their economy and raising their people's living standards.

When President Jiang Zemin visited India in 1996, the two sides decided that they would jointly build a constructive partnership of cooperation oriented towards the 21st century.

Multi- polarisation has become an inevitable trend in the process of shaping a global political pattern and has been widely welcomed by the international community as it reflects the common interests and aspiration of the overwhelming majority of countries.

Normal military trade is undoubtedly part of the normal State-to-State relations.

We sincerely hope that south Asian countries will respect and live in amity with each other, and achieve common development, and that south Asia will enjoy peace, stability and prosperity.

Since China has a population of 1.1 billion, it won't feel lonely even if it becomes the only socialist country.

People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics.