'Hello China!', PM tells followers on micro-blog account

On the first day of his visit to China on Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was kept busy with a carefully planned schedule but still found time to connect with tens of thousands of followers on China's popular micro blog.

"Hello Xi'an. I received warm hospitality and visited the amazing Terracotta Warriors," he posted as he updated his newly opened Sina Weibo account at around 2:30 pm after landing in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province.

The post, with a picture of him standing against the backdrop of the Terracotta Warriors, attracted more than 5,300 "likes" within three hours.