Ahmedabad, 8 December, 2011 "I am thankful to China government because they fulfilled what they promised me," Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said giving his reaction to Chinese court's decision to release 22 Gujarati diamond merchants jailed there. Modi added that it was his visit to China that broke ice, and few days after his visit to China, the authority there allowed Indian consulate staff to meet the Indian diamond traders in jail. Background During his last...Read More

Surat, 7 December 2011 As per the detail available through the Surat Diamond Association, China's Shenzhen court has today ordered release of 13 Gujarati diamond traders from jail. The court has ordered one year prison to seven diamond traders, while two other traders will be released in two-three months due to their good conduct and also because of the fact that they have already completed their jail term. These diamond traders are in jail in China for nearly two years. The ...Read More

Gandhinagar, 15 November 2011 Mr. Wu Xiuhua, Vice President of China TexMatch, a group company of China’s Jingwei group today called on Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Jingwei Group is world-famous for manufacturing of textile machineries. Mr. Xiuhua, who was accompanied by a delegation, expressed keenness in setting up a high-tech textile machinery manufacturing project in Gujarat. Mr. Xiuhua praised the state government’s approach on creating a favourable atmosphere fo...Read More

Ahmedabad, 15 November, 2011 Back from urban China, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is now busy on Gujarat's rural beat. While Garib Kalyan Melas are going on in presence of his ministers, Modi's presence is being seen on the stage of district level Sadbhavana fasts. Government machinery is being used in all these programs at optimum level, as both Garib Kalyan Mela and Sadbhavana fast are declared government programmes. Taking break from Sadbhavana and Garib Kalya...Read More

Mahesana, 14 November, 2011 "Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi visited China to learn how to copy and deliver cheap things to people, the art which is mastered by China," said the leader of opposition in Gujarat Shri Shaktisinh Gohil at Gujarat Congress's Jan Adhikar Sammelan in Mahesana on Sunday. Gohil compared Gujarat's some of the top industrialists with Rakshashas(devils) by saying that Ravana had built golden Lanka, but Ram had killed Ravana. There were four-five prom...Read More

Gandhinagar, 13 November, 2011 The government of Gujarat in a release has termed Chief Minister Narendra Modi's China visit as very successful. Following is full text of govt release on Modi's China visit. Salient features • The visit of Chief Minister Mr. Narendra Modi to China has been a grand success. The Government of the People’s Republic of China and the ruling Community Party of China (CPC) accorded unprecedented importance and highest level of protocol ...Read More

Ahmedabad, 13 November, 2011 Describing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's five-day long China visit as successful and fruitful, the delectation members who accompanied Mr. Modi in his China visit, told media persons today that the visit will give boost to Chinese investment in Gujarat in future. The delegation members stated that Chinese companies were enthusiastic to invest in Gujarat because of "industrial peace" here. "After knowing about Gujarat's growth, it seem...Read More

Sichuan, 12 November, 2011 Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the Gujarat delegation on Saturday evening went to Yingxiu city of Sichuan province and took overview of low-cost earthquake resistant housing project. The Yingxiu city which is situated amid the mountain-range of Sichuan in the southern China was destroyed in 2008 in a devastating earthquake but managed a turnaround with well-administered reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts. Chief Minister went on the site of t...Read More

Chengdu, 12 November, 2011 On the fifth day of his tour to China, Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Chengdu took visit of high-tech research and development centre of Huawei Technologies, a world-famous company in the field of technology. Giving details of the State’s strides in the field of technology Chief Minister said that Gujarat has set up a broadband network in all its 18,000 villages and has successfully uplifted the quality of life of its people with the use of latest...Read More