Ambassador of India visited Hangzhou the capital of Zhejiang province on 3 December 2014. In Hangzhou, Ambassador met the Mr. Xia Baolong, the Party Secretary of Zhejiang Province and also the Hangzhou municipal leadership. In addition the President of Zhejiang Federation of Industry and Commerce Mr. Nan Cunhui, hosted a lunch for Ambassador where he interacted with some business leaders of Zhejiang province. A formal banquet was hosted in honor of Ambassador by Ms. Liang Liming, Vice-Governor of Zhejiang Province on the evening of 3 December. Mr. Xia Baolong has just concluded a very successful visit to India, where he had taken a large business delegation of more than 100 leading businessmen from Zhejiang province. That visit resulted in contracts and investments worth US$2.4 billion. Mr. Xia warmly welcomed Ambassador and thanked him for efforts in making his visit very successful. He conveyed that he had lot of ‘vivid memories’ of his visit. Mr. Xia further added that the contracts signed during his visit were ‘only a start’ and that he was confident that business and economic cooperation between Zhejiang and India will become only stronger in the future. He also suggested that we should try and strengthen people-to-people and cultural contacts.