Visit can help coordinate Chinese and Indian initiatives

As the city with the biggest Indian settlement in China, Guangzhou is the most important destination in China for Indian business travelers, which is why Indian President Pranab Mukherjee is beginning his visit to China from this city on Tuesday.

The capital of South China's Guangdong province, and the Indian city of Ahmedabad signed a sister city agreement during President Xi Jinping's visit to Ahmedabad in September 2014 and many more business deals were signed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China in May last year.

Guangdong is known for former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's famous "southern tour" in 1992, which laid the foundations for the unprecedented rise of China. So given that main purpose of Mukherjee's visit is to enhance business, cultural and people-to-people exchanges, Guangzhou makes an apt starting point.