Premier Li Keqiang's ongoing visit to India will create a new chapter in Sino-Indian relations. That Li chose New Delhi as the first leg of his first overseas trip as China's head of government is a strong signal to the outside world that Beijing attaches great importance to its interaction with India.

China and India, as two populous neighbors, two of the world's greatest civilizations, the two largest emerging economies and the two biggest, and largely untapped, markets, have everything to gain if they continue to enhance mutual trust as well as deepen pragmatic cooperation. Li's visit should drive home the message that both Beijing and New Delhi are making concrete steps in this direction, which is a blessing to the two neighbors and the region at large.

Li and his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh, have agreed to jointly develop large-scale cooperation projects, and called for establishing an economic corridor among China, India, Myanmar and Bangladesh.