Narendra Modi meets secretary of Shanghai municipal government, castor and construction discussed(Video)

Shanghai, 11 November, 2011

During his visit to China, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today held a meeting with Shanghai municipal government’s secretary Mr. Yu Zhengsheg.

In a fruitful meet Chief Minister discussed developing world-class eco-friendly cities in Gujarat based on the model of Shanghai port city and expressed interest in taking help of Chinese experts in it. He also invited a delegation of China’s urban development experts to visit Gujarat in this regard.

Chief Minister expressed interest in partnering with China in developing value-added castor agro industries since Gujarat is producing world’s 80% of castor oil and China imports it largely from Gujarat. Chief Minister said that new benchmarks of partnership will be established between Shanghai and Gujarat.

Chief Minister discussed using Shanghai’s high-tech sea-water development construction technology in Kulpsar project in which world’s largest fresh water reservoir will be built in the bay of Khambhat in Gujarat.

Chief Minister also showed interest in taking help of China’s construction technology for building houses for the urban poor of Gujarat.

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