Bengaluru, Nov 10 (UNI) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah,
assuring all help from the Government, today invited investors from
China to invest in the State.
Speaking at the inauguration of 6th India-China Forum here, he
said "India's exports to China touched USD 8.86 billion, whereas
China's exports were USD 61.54 billion. I urge investors from China
to invest in Karnataka. India-China bilateral trade had reached USD
70.4 billion in 2015.
He said "We will do everything possible to enable seamless
conduct of business, with total transparency and with the assurance
that your projects will be speedily implemented."
Mr Siddaramaiah said that Karnataka government will continue to
actively engage with China and explore all possible avenues to make
them its valued partners in building of a strong and prosperous
State.
Expressing his happiness over Karnataka signing
Sister-State-Province agreement with Provincial Government of
Sichuan of the People's Republic of China, Mr Siddaramaiah said "It
is just the beginning in identifying synergies in technologies which
would strengthen and deepen the foundation of a Future-oriented
Partnership between India and China and Karnataka and China,
evolving business ties, particularly in defence, energy,
infrastructure, agriculture and food processing, Information
Technology and environment, to name a few."
He said India and China's relations has undergone an evolution in
recent years developing along a positive track, into a friendly
partnership. "It has made great strides in recent years and has
become truly multi-dimensional, spurred by a significant convergence
of interests, mutual goodwill and high-level exchanges."
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