On September 8, 2008, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met in New Delhi with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.

Singh first congratulated Yang on the complete success of the Beijing Olympic Games. He said both India and China are great countries and their common development is of positive significance to peace and progress of Asia and the world at large. To develop friendly cooperative ties with China is the Indian people’s wish and is also the consensus shared by the Indian government and political parties. India is committed to pushing for all-round development of India-China strategic cooperative partnership and hopes to maintain close high-level exchanges with China to push forward bilateral cooperation in all areas. Singh said the two countries have common interests and concerns on such major issues as climate change, disaster relief, maintaining international financial stability and improving multilateral trade system. Thus, he said, both sides should strengthen consultations and coordination.

Singh said it is the political will of the Indian side to advance bilateral border negotiations, expressing hope that the meeting between the Indian and Chinese special representatives on border issue will achieve greater progress.

Yang thanked the Indian side for its active support of and participation in the Beijing Olympic Games. Yang said both China and India are big newly-emerging developing countries and support democracy of international relations. To develop China-India strategic cooperative partnership not only conforms to common interests of both sides and is also conducive to world peace, stability and development. The Chinese government attaches great importance to ties with India and is ready to work with it to earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, advance exchanges and cooperation in all fields and enhance communication and coordination in international affairs. Yang said currently the uncertain and unstable factors in the world economic growth are increasing with outstanding issues of international energy and food security. Developed countries should attach importance to reasonable concerns of developing nations and take earnest measures in this regard.

Yang said China is ready to work with India to seek a fair and reasonable solution to the border issue that is acceptable to both sides according to the political guiding principle reached by both sides and through friendly consultations. Before the final resolution of the border issue, both sides should make joint efforts to earnestly safeguard peace and tranquility in the border region.

On the same day, Yang Jiechi held talks with Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Both sides agreed to push forward bilateral ties in the following four aspects. First, maintain the momentum of high-level visits and exchanges between legislative bodies, foreign affairs departments and armed forces, and enhance consultation and dialogue on diplomatic and defense security. Second, expand cooperation in the economic and trade sector. China is ready to take active measures to promote a balanced development of bilateral trade. The Indian side pledged no discriminatory restriction on Chinese businesses’ investment in India. Third, expand people-to-people and cultural exchanges, especially youth contacts. Both sides will well prepare for a "Festival of India" in China and a "Festival of China" in India in 2010. Fourth, properly address each other’s concerns. The Indian side reaffirmed that Tibet is part of China and India will never allow any political anti-China activities by Tibetans on the Indian territory. Yang noted that China is ready to continue cooperation on cross-border river issues with India under the expert-level mechanism.

Both sides also exchanged views on international and regional issues of common concern.

Yang Jiechi left for New Delhi on September 8 after a visit to West Bengal. Before leaving Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, the Chinese foreign minister met with West Bengal's Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. Both sides discussed ways of enhancing bilateral exchanges and cooperation.