A Chinese science and technology vice minister will attend India's AI summit this month, a consultant told CNBC, citing government contacts.

Bilateral trade between India and China reached a record $155 billion in 2025, marking over 12% year-on-year growth. Chinese Ambassador Xu Feihong highlighted this achievement, alongside support for India's BRICS presidency and a commitment to advancing the Global South's development agenda.

The nation is electrifying faster and using less fossil fuel per capita than China did when it was at similar levels of economic development, according to a report from the think tank Ember. It’s a sign that clean electricity could be the most direct way to boost growth for other developing economies too.

With US tariffs now lower than those applied to China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam, India enjoys a rare alignment of cost competitiveness, market access and strategic trust.

The India-China bilateral trade reached a "record high" of $155 billion in 2025, clocking a year-on-year growth of over 12 per cent, Chinese ambassador Xu Feihong said on Tuesday.

India is looking to remove taxes on import of equipment for processing critical minerals and spur manufacturing of rare earth magnets locally, a move aimed at minimizing dependence on China.

Gandhi was referring to excerpts of the former chief’s yet-to-be-released autobiography Four Stars of Destiny, published in The Caravan magazine.

China's Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, "renewed momentum" in India-China relations by blending cultural reflections with concrete economic milestones and diplomatic signals of a reset between the two Asian neighbours.

India is in talks with China-related Ant International to allow digital payments platform Alipay+ to be linked to India's leading instant payments system