(1) Agreement on the Political Parameters and Guiding Principles for the Settlement of the India-China Boundary Question

(Signatories: Shri MK Narayanan, National Security Advisor, and Mr. Dai Bingguo, Chinese Special Representative)

The full text of the Agreement is available on the MEA website www.mea.gov.in

(2) Protocol on Modalities for the Implementation of CBMs in the Military Field Along the Line of Actual Control in the India-China Border Areas

(Signatories: Shri Shyam Saran, Foreign Secretary and Mr. Wu Dawei, Vice Foreign Minister of China)

This Protocol lays down modalities for the implementation of several measures contained in the Agreement of 1996 on Military CBMs along the LAC in the India-China Border Areas. The salient features of the Protocol include:

- Details on avoiding the holding of large-scale military exercises in close proximity of the LAC as per the 1996 Agreement and in case an exercise is being conducted, to provide relevant information to the other side;

- Dealing with air intrusions as per the provisions of 1996 Agreement;

- Procedure to be followed by both sides in the eventuality of their border personnel coming in face-to-face contact as a result of differences in the alignment of LAC or any other reason;

- Holding of additional meetings at the existing three border personnel meeting points, namely, Spanggur, Nathu La and Bumla to celebrate National Day or Army Day of each side;

- Extension of the mechanism of border meeting points to Kibithu-Damai in the Eastern Sector and the Lipulekh Pass in the Middle Sector;

- Exchanges between the relevant Military Regions of China and Army Commands of India;

- Exchanges between institutions of training, sports and culture of the two armed forces; and

- Action to be taken by either side in case the personnel of one side cross over to the other side due to force majeure, such as natural disasters, as also action to be taken to prevent trans-border spread of infectious diseases.

The full text of the Protocol is available on the MEA website www.mea.gov.in

(3) Report of the India-China Joint Study Group on Comprehensive Trade and Economic Cooperation

(Presented to the Prime Minister of India and the Premier of China by the Commerce and Industries Minister of India and the Commerce Minister of China.)

The Report of the Joint Study Group is the outcome of deliberations in the JSG over a period of one year, during which the JSG held four meetings alternately in China and India. The Report was finalised and signed by the two Co-Chairmen, Dr. Rakesh Mohan, Secretary (Economic Affairs) and Mr. An Min, Vice Minister, Ministry of Commerce, during the last meeting held in New Delhi from March 21-23, 2005.

The JSG Report consists of seven Chapters dealing with the Context of India-China Economic Cooperation, India-China Trade in Goods, India-China Trade in Services, Investments, India-China Economic Cooperation, India-China Regional Trading Arrangement and Recommendations for the Development of India-China Trade & Economic Cooperation.

The JSG in its Report has identified a series of measures related to trade in goods, trade in services, investments and other areas of economic cooperation, and recommended their expeditious implementation to remove impediments and facilitate enhanced economic engagement between India and China. The Ministerial-level India-China Joint Economic Group (JEG) will consider these recommendations and coordinate their implementation. The JSG has also recommended an India-China Regional Trading Arrangement, comprising of trade in goods and services, investments, identified understandings for trade and investment promotion and facilitation, and measures for promotion of economic cooperation in identified sectors. The JSG has recommended to the governments the appointment of a Joint Task Force to study in detail the feasibility of, and the benefits that may derive from, the India-China Regional Trading Arrangement and give recommendations regarding its content.

The full text of the JSG report is available on the MEA website www.mea.gov.in.

(4) Agreement on Mutual Administrative Assistance and Co-Operation in Customs Matters between India and China

(Signatories: Shri Natwar Singh, External Affairs Minister, and Mr.Li Zhaoxing, Chinese Foreign Minister)

This agreement aims to further co-operation between the Customs Administrations of the two countries in matters related to the application and enforcement of the Customs Laws. The agreement enables provision of administrative assistance for the proper application of customs law and for the prevention, investigation and combating of Customs offences and lays down that either Customs Administration shall, in making enquiries on behalf of the other Customs Administration, act as if they were being made on its own account.

The agreement will allow the Customs Administrations to share information and intelligence relating to new Customs law enforcement techniques, new trends, means or methods of committing Customs offences and the movement of persons or goods known to have, or suspected of having contravened the Customs law of the other side. The agreement also provides for special surveillance over goods either in transport or in storage notified by the Requesting Administration as giving rise to suspected illicit traffic towards the customs territory of the Requesting Administration.

The agreement envisages exchange of customs officers or experts when mutually beneficial for advancing the understanding of each other’s customs techniques. It also suggests the exchange of information relating to a number of areas including usage of interdiction and detection equipment, customs legislation and procedure, technical cooperation with third countries and simplification and harmonization of customs procedure.

(5) Memorandum of Understanding on Civil Aviation between India and China

(Signatories: Shri Ajay Prasad, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, and Mr. Yang Yuanyuan, Director, General Administration of Civil Aviation)

The MOU provides for major liberalisation of air links between India and China with multiple designation of carriers and an ‘Open Skies’ policy for cargo, an increase in capacity entitlements, more points of call and an increase in the number of intermediary and beyond points. According to the Memorandum, the designated airlines of both parties are entitled to have unlimited third, fourth and fifth freedom traffic rights with unlimited capacity entitlement for dedicated cargo services. The designated airlines of both parties may co-terminalize any two points in its own territory and/or any two points in the territory of the other party without any cabotage rights with the exception for airlines designated by India to combine Beijing and Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

The designated airlines of each party have the following capacity entitlement for combination services:

14 weekly frequencies as of 2005 IATA summer season

28 weekly frequencies as of 2005 IATA winter season

42 weekly frequencies as of 2006 IATA summer season

The Memorandum also provides for simplification of the Visa procedures for operating and cabin crew, employment of foreign pilots by designated airlines of either party, use of dry leased aircraft for both combination services and cargo services. It lays down the guidelines for issues such as code-sharing arrangement, co-terminalization and the weekly frequency of flights.

(6) Protocol of Phytosanitary Requirements for the Export of Grape From India to China between the Ministry of Agriculture of India and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China

(Signatories: Smt. Radha Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, and Mr. Li Changjiang, Director General Administration of Quality Supervision Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) on the Chinese side)

The MOU aims to facilitate the export of grapes from India to China by putting in a place a regulatory mechanism on Sanitary and Phytosanitary standards and laying out in detail the procedural aspect, including certification and labeling requirements. The document specifies Dalian, Tianjin, Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, Nanjing as entry ports for grape from India to China.

(7) Protocol of Phytosanitary Requirements for Exporting Bitter Gourds from India to China between the Ministry of Agriculture of India and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China

(Signatories: Smt. Radha Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, and Mr. Li Changjiang, Director General Administration of Quality Supervision Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) on the Chinese side)

The MOU aims to facilitate the export of bitter gourd from India to China by putting in a place a regulatory mechanism on Sanitary and Phytosanitary standards and laying out in detail the procedural aspect, including certification and labeling requirements.

(8) Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Indian Council of World Affairs, India and the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs, China

(Signatories: Shri Shyam Saran, Foreign Secretary and Mr. Wu Dawei, Vice Foreign Minister of China)

The MOU intends to enhance mutual understanding and friendship by promoting the development of friendly institutional relations.

The MOU envisages, inter alia, mutual exchange of visits, participation in conferences, seminars and symposia, co-sponsoring of bilateral symposiums on issues of common interest, exchange of publications and other forms of cooperation agreed upon by both parties through consultations

(9) Memorandum of Understanding on the Launch of the India-China Financial Dialogue.

(Signatories: Dr. Rakesh Mohan, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs and Mr. Wu Dawei, Vice Foreign Minister of China)

This MOU is aimed at promoting mutual understanding and practical cooperation between the two sides in the financial sector.

The Dialogue will enable the two sides to exchange views on domestic and international macro-economic situations, national fiscal and monetary policies, financial reforms and regional or global developments of mutual interest in the financial sector and facilitate the development of develop bilateral cooperation between their banking sectors, budget and taxation authorities, financial regulatory agencies and capital markets.

The Dialogue seeks to enhance commercial and economic exchanges between the two countries and increase mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation and coordination in the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and other International financial and development institutions.

(10) Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministries of Water Resources of India and China upon Provision of Hydrological Information of the Sutlej / Langqen Zangbo River in Flood Season by China to India

(Signatories: Shri J. Hari Narayan, Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources and Mr. Wu Dawei, Vice Foreign Minister of China)

The MOU envisages provision of hydrological information in respect of the Sutlej / Langqen Zangbo River in flood season for flood control and disaster mitigation in downstream areas. The arrangement entails building of a hydrological station by the Chinese side on the Sutlej / Langqen Zangbo River before the flood season of year 2006 and provision of hydrological information to the Indian side beginning the flood season of year 2006. The Chinese side will bear the cost for setting up of the hydrological station and the Indian side will bear the cost for provision of the hydrological information and the operation of the hydrological station. The detailed implementation plan for exact modalities will be further discussed and finalised between the two sides. According to the MOU, the Chinese side will provide information on any abnormal rise/fall in the water level/discharge and other information, which may lead to sudden floods on the basis of existing monitoring and data collection facilities on real time basis. Both sides will continue to discuss the possibility of providing hydrological information during flood season by China to India in respect of two more rivers – Parlung Zangbo and Lohit /Zayu Qu.

(11) Protocol on India China Film Cooperation Commission

(Signatories: Shri Navin Chawla, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Mr. Wu Dawei, Vice Foreign Minister of China)

The Protocol envisages the constitution of the India-China Film Cooperation Commission to strengthen cooperation and promote bilateral exchanges between India and China in the Entertainment Sector, with special focus on films, both feature and documentary and animation.

It will also consider issues such as increasing the import of each others original films, exchanging of information and technical know how in the sphere of filmmaking and allied sectors, providing location and studio facilities for shooting of films by one country in the other’s territory and extending marketing and distribution facilities of each country’s films in the other country.

The Commission has also been tasked with exploring avenues of bilateral co-operation in developing animation and facilitate their diffusion, conducting Film Weeks in the presence of the other party’s delegation regularly and reciprocally in the two nations and organize movie professionals of the two nations to participate in international film markets, seminars and film festivals in India and China. The Protocol also envisages concrete implementation of the Sino-Indian co-production agreement. It lays out the composition of the India-China Film Commission and outlines its administrative and finanacial aspects.

(12) Memorandum on the Construction of an Indian Style Buddhist Temple on the Western Side of The White Horse Temple In Luoyang, China

(Signatories: Shri. Nalin Surie, Ambassador of India, Beijing and Mr. Wu Dawei, Vice Foreign Minister of China)

This Memorandum seeks to carry forward India-China Buddhist cultural links, with India and China jointly constructing an Indian style Buddhist temple in the International Garden of the Luoyang White Horse Temple. The Memorandum envisages that India would provide the Buddha Idol and other accompanying materials for the Temple. The Indian side will also be responsible for providing the main architectural design of the Temple project, its blue print, materials used for the Temple and the landscape planning. The Chinese side will provide 2,666.67 square meters of land for constructing the Temple. It will also be responsible for advising and offering suggestions for the construction of the Temple, obtaining the support and approval of Chinese Government, Henan Provincial Government and the local administration and to handle all relevant procedures and formalities. The Chinese side will also facilitate the visits of experts and architects of the Indian side to visit the project site to supervise and inspect the quality of the work.

New Delhi
April 11, 2005