(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-01-15 21:41

China and India on Monday signed a joint document of their shared vision for accelerating bilateral ties and making joint efforts in contributing to world development.

The joint document, "A Shared Vision for the 21st Century of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of India", covers extensive fields, both bilateral and multilateral. It touches on economy, politics, energy, nuclear, climate change, disarmament, terrorism, religion, regional trade and integrity, defense and the border issue.

Officials and scholars called the document a milestone for relations between the two countries.

Singh told Hu he was convinced the bilateral relations could maintain the momentum of growth if based on the guidelines of the seven-page document.

In his meeting with Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, Singh said India is accelerating its pace to deepen the reform and expanding the opening-up scheme.

The fast-growing economies of India and China would have significant impact on the world economy, which also offered more extensive fields for the two to consolidate cooperation, Singh said.

Agreeing with Singh's views on the bilateral relations, Wu also encouraged the two parliaments to foster exchange and cooperation.

"We would like to see more Indian parliament members visit China and we hope the inter-parliamentary cooperation will contribute to the development of the bilateral relations," Wu said.

Singh ended his three-day visit on Tuesday. It was his first China visit since taking office in 2004.

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