Exchange of ideas with Chinese delegation welcomed

West Bengal Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee today welcomed 'exchange of ideas' with a Chinese delegation and said that it could be used in solving problems the state.
"The Chinese have been using technology in agriculture and urban development areas quite successfully. Our problems are quite similar. So we can exchange ideas and implement them in solving each other's problems," Mukherjee said on the sidelines of an interactive session organised by the Bharat Chamber of Commerce here with an eight-member delegation from Wuhan city.
"But our systems are quite different so we have to see how they can be implemented department-wise," the minister said.

The delegation invited representatives from the state government to visit the Chinese city in the mutual interest of business development.
"We will inform the chief minister about their invitation and if she considers it then we will see," the minister said.
The delegation was led by by deputy director of the standing Committee of the Wuhan Municipal People's Congress of China Zheng Yongxin.

The Bengal Chamber of Commerce signed a MoU with the Wuhan Chamber of Commerce for developing long term strategies for mutual co-operation between trade and industry.
The MoU would also help to develop logistics and protocol for regular exchange of visits of trade delegations in the mutual interest of business development.

Wohun, located in central China, is a major transportation hub. It is also a hub of modern agricultural development with agricultural mechanisation using modern machinery for food processing.
Wuhan is also known for its automobile industry, equipment manufacturing including spare parts.