PM Modi China Visit Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in China on Saturday (X/@narendramodi)PM Modi China Visit Highlights: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday landed at Binhai International Airport in Tianjin, beginning a two-day official visit to China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. He was received by Chinese and Indian officials with handshakes and a ceremonial welcome, which also featured a cultural dance performance by local artists. During his visit, PM Modi will take part in the SCO summit sessions on August 31 and September 1 and is also set to hold bilateral discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the summit.
‘Potential for cooperation’: This comes after his two day visit to Japan, where he travelled in a bullet train on Saturday to Sendai in the Miyagi prefecture to visit a semiconductor plant. Modi was accompanied by his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba during his two-day visit. Earlier on his first day of visit on Friday, PM Modi met governors of 16 prefectures in Tokyo. He posted on X saying that “cooperation between states and prefectures is an important pillar in the friendship between India and Japan.” There is great potential for cooperation in areas such as trade, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and advanced fields like startups, technology, and AI will also be beneficial to both sides, he said.
The SCO Summit: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit holds major significance for India, particularly as it comes in the wake of the US imposing 50 per cent tariffs, including a 25 per cent duty specifically targeting India’s purchase of Russian crude oil. The SCO currently has 10 full members: India, Belarus, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, in addition to several dialogue partners and observer states. India, which joined as a full member in 2017 after serving as an observer since 2005, has played an active role in the grouping, holding the chair of the SCO Council of Heads of Government in 2020 and the Council of Heads of State from 2022 to 2023. Importantly, this visit marks Prime Minister Modi’s first trip to China since the Galwan Valley clashes in 2020, adding a layer of diplomatic weight to his participation at the summit.
During his two-day visit to China, PM Modi will attend the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Tianjin on August 31 and September 1. Here is a recap of New Delhi's previous engagement at the summit.
PM @narendramodi has landed in Tianjin, China for the SCO Summit.
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) August 30, 2025
🎥 Watch highlights of 🇮🇳’s previous engagements at the SCO Summit. pic.twitter.com/dTUuSc9MPI
Soon after landing in China, PM Modi in a post on X, wrote: “Landed in Tianjin, China. Looking forward to deliberations at the SCO Summit and meeting various world leaders.”
Landed in Tianjin, China. Looking forward to deliberations at the SCO Summit and meeting various world leaders. pic.twitter.com/gBcEYYNMFO
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 30, 2025
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to hold a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Sunday as he arrive in China for the first time in seven years.
The two leaders had last met on October 23, 2024 on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Russia’s Kazan. PM Modi had last travelled to China in 2018.
Prime Minister Modi’s visit to China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit is the most significant development in India-China relations in the past five years. The discourse on these developments, and the broader India-China normalisation, requires nuancing on at least three key counts. These include, but are not limited to, the drivers of the normalisation, the Government of India’s appetite for better India-China ties, and its position on the border standoff.
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PM Modi has arrived in Tianjin, China, from Japan. He will be on a two-day visit in China, during which he will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. In addition, he is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for China to attend the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meet after his two-day visit to Japan.
Prime Minister Modi attends a luncheon with Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba and the Governor of Miyagi Prefecture, Yoshihiro Murai, among others.
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— 石破茂 (@shigeruishiba) August 30, 2025
PM Modi met governors of 16 prefectures in Tokyo, and posted on X saying that “cooperation between states and prefectures is an important pillar in the friendship between India and Japan.”
There is great potential for cooperation in areas such as trade, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and advanced fields like startups, technology, and AI will also be beneficial to both sides, he said.
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— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 30, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled in a bullet train to Sendai in the Miyago prefecture to visit a semiconductor plant.
Earlier in the day, PM Modi interacted with Indian train drivers being trained for the project. Modi was accompanied by his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba during his two-day visit.
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsJR東日本で研修中のインド人運転士さんたちとご挨拶。 pic.twitter.com/UXKoSVP50r
— 石破茂 (@shigeruishiba) August 30, 2025
India and Japan on Friday strongly condemned the Pahalgam terror attack and called for the perpetrators, organisers, and financiers of this reprehensible act to be brought to justice without any delay.
In a joint statement issued after the summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba, the two countries also called for concerted actions against all UN-listed terrorist groups and entities, including Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and their proxies. — PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it is important for India and China to work together to bring stability to the world economic order as he asserted that New Delhi is ready to advance bilateral ties from a strategic and long-term perspective based on mutual respect, mutual interest and mutual sensitivity.
In an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun published during his ongoing visit to Japan, Modi also asserted that stable, predictable, and amicable bilateral relations between India and China, as two neighbours and the two largest nations on earth, can have a positive impact on regional and global peace and prosperity. — PTI
On the Indo-Pacific region, PM Modi said, "India and Japan are fully committed to a free, open, peaceful, prosperous and rules-based Indo-Pacific."
He further said, "Concerns of India and Japan regarding terrorism, cyber security are same; our shared interests are linked to defence & maritime security. We have decided that mutual cooperation in field of defence industry and innovation will be further strengthened."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the discussions held on Friday between him and Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba were both "productive and purposeful".
"We have set a target of 10 trillion yen investment in India from Japan in next 10 years. Focus of 10-year India-Japan roadmap will be investment, innovation, economic security, environment, technology and health."
Modi added, "India and Japan partnership is rooted in mutual trust, reflects our national priorities and is shaped by our shared values and beliefs."
After holding talks with his Japanese counterpart, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said, "Cooperation between India and Japan is crucial for global peace and stability. Today, we have laid a strong foundation for a new and golden chapter in India-Japan special strategic and global partnership. We have created a roadmap for cooperation for the next decade."
He added, "Strong democracies are natural partners in shaping a better world."
After holding talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Tokyo on Friday, Japan PM Ishiba said, " We need to take advantage of each other's strengths to deal with next-generation challenges."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being presented a Daruma Doll by Chief Priest of Shorinzan Daruma Temple, in Tokyo, Japan. (PMO via PTI Photo)
Following his address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held summit talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo on Friday.
Speaking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Japan, Rajeev Khanna, Managing Executive Director & head of India division, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, said: “PM Modi is extremely familiar with Japan, its companies, and the Japanese people. For him, to focus on business during his trip after a number of years, is very positive. From Japanese companies’ perspective, they see a very challenging market environment with tariff barriers coming up in some companies and a shrinking domestic market... Building in India and selling to the world is a real opportunity. A lot more could be done in the auto sector. Japanese companies can take advantage of a significant supply of engineers in India in the semiconductor and other high-tech industries.”
Following his address at the India-Japan Economic Forum, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met former prime ministers Yoshihide Suga and Fumio Kishida
In case you are tuning in now, here are the top quotes from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address at the India-Japan Economic Forum:
Addressing the India-Japan Economic Forum, PM Modi said: “India and Japan’s partnership is strategic and smart. Powered by economic logic, we have turned shared interests into shared prosperity. India is the springboard for Japanese business to the Global South. Together, we will shape the Asian century for stability, growth and prosperity.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the India-Japan Economic Forum in Tokyo, batted for stronger ties between the two countries, saying, “India has taken bold and ambitious initiatives in AI, semiconductor, quantum computing, biotech and space. Technology of Japan and the talent of India can together lead the tech revolution of this century.”
Talking about the advancements made under the current leadership, PM Modi said: “Behind this change in India is our approach of reform, perform and transform. After the defence and space sectors, we are opening the nuclear energy sector for private players.”
Batting for India as a hub of investment, PM Modi said: “Today, India has political stability, economic stability, transparency in policy, and predictability. Today, India is the fastest-growing major economy in the world. And, very soon, it is going to become the third largest economy in the world.”
Stressing of the importance of India in today's world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the world is not only watching India but also counting on it now. “In India, capital does not just grow, it multiplies,” the Prime Minister added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing the India-Japan Economic Forum. He will also be holding meetings with business leaders later in the day.
As PM Modi reached Tokyo today morning, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari, reacting to the foreign visits, said: “I hope the decisions taken are in the interest of the people of India. I express my strong opposition regarding China. Will the PM talk about Galwan, Arunachal and the use of Chinese weapons (by Pakistan)... when he visits China?”
The Congress on Friday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his visit to Japan and China, saying the long-suffering people of Manipur are still awaiting his visit but he has “simply washed his hands off” the state.
“The Frequently Flying (and more frequently lying) Prime Minister is off to Japan and China. His visit to China is a moment of some reckoning for India. We are being forced to normalise relations with China — largely on their terms, with China trying to take advantage of the downturn in Indo-US ties as well,” Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said.
“China’s jugalbandi with Pakistan during Operation Sindoor — revealed by our own military establishment itself — has been forgotten,” the Congress leader added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing the India-Japan Joint Economic Forum shortly. He is also scheduled to hold meetings with business leaders.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was last travelled to Hiroshima in 2023 for the G7 Summit. Prior to that, he had visited Osaka in 2019 for the G20 Summit and other multilateral engagements. He had also travelled to Japan for the Annual Summit in 2018.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who reached Tokyo earlier in the day, will be holding a meeting with business leaders soon with a “focus on adding vigour to India-Japan trade and investment ties”.
Roughly 1,400 Japanese companies now operate in India through nearly 5,000 establishments, while more than 100 Indian firms have a presence in Japan. Profitability has been strong on both sides, and executives say expansion plans are already underway.
Japan is India’s fifth-largest source of foreign direct investment, with cumulative inflows reaching $43.2 billion as of December 2024. The pace has remained steady, with $3.1 billion recorded in the 2023–24 fiscal year and $1.36 billion between April and December of 2024–25. Tokyo has also consistently ranked India as its most promising long-term investment destination.
Bilateral trade reached $22.8 billion in 2023-24. In April-January 2024-25, trade reached $21 billion, demonstrating stability. Imports from Japan continue to outweigh exports. India’s main exports are chemicals, vehicles, aluminium, and seafood; imports include machinery, steel, copper, and reactors.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi was accorded a welcome by members of the Indian diaspora in Tokyo, he said: “Deeply touched by the warmth and affection of the Indian community here in Tokyo. Their commitment to preserving our cultural roots while contributing meaningfully to Japanese society is truly commendable. In a few hours from now, will be interacting with a group of business leaders with a focus on adding vigour to India-Japan trade and investment ties.”
Japan and Russia are India’s two oldest Annual Summit-level mechanisms. India-Japan bilateral relations were elevated to Global Partnership in 2000, Strategic and Global Partnership in 2006, and Special Strategic and Global Partnership in 2014.
As PM Modi landed in Tokyo, a member of the Indian diaspora there said: “We are all very excited... Whenever Modi ji comes here, it is always a festive mood among the Indian diaspora. I am living here since the last 26 years and Modi ji has come here 8 times... Business discussions are held during his visit.”
Another member of the Indian diaspora said, “Modi ji has come here for the 8th time and I have met him thrice. I met him in Hiroshima as well. Our excitement to meet him increases every time he comes here... He has given the diaspora members a platform to showcase that we are also contributing towards national development.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba have met earlier on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Vientiane last October, and on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis in Canada this June.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Tokyo for the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit. The August 29-30 visit will be the Prime Minister’s eighth visit to Japan. The Annual Summit will be his first with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Tokyo this morning, he was greeted by senior leaders of the Japanese government. Speaking about the visit, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on X: “PM @narendramodi has landed in Tokyo, Japan. PM will be holding wide-ranging discussions with PM @shigeruishiba.”
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