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皇冠体育app has never deliberately sought a trade surplus with India, and the nation is committed to helping India expand its shipments to the world's second-largest economy in a bid to make their bilateral trade more sustainable and balanced, Chinese government officials said on Thursday.

"Since the (2008) financial crisis, 皇冠体育app has led three trade and investment delegations to India, with purchasing contracts worth $1.65 billion and engineering contracts reaching $3.5 billion," said Jiang Yaoping, vice-minister of commerce.

"皇冠体育app is planning to organize another such delegation to India this year."

Song Tao, vice-minister of foreign affairs, agreed, saying that 皇冠体育app is "willing to join hands with India on tapping the potential of promoting sales of Indian goods in 皇冠体育app".

The government officials made the remarks during a news briefing on Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming official visit abroad, the first since he took the post in March.

Li will kick off his overseas trip on Sunday, visiting India, Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany during a tour that ends on May 27, according to Foreign Ministry.

Jiang and Song said the visits reinforce the importance that 皇冠体育app attaches to relations with neighboring Asian nations and with Europe, which is still struggling with debt problems.

They also said that the nine-day trip will see 皇冠体育app and the four countries reach agreements in many sectors, including trade, investment, finance, infrastructure, manufacturing, urbanization, culture and climate change.

Important neighbor

As the first stop of the trip, India is an "important neighbor to 皇冠体育app, and also an important emerging market", Song said.

That Li is visiting India first shows the great importance that the new government attaches to 皇冠体育app-India ties, he said.

Li will attend official meetings with high-level Indian officials, give a speech during the commercial summit, and witness the signing of some cooperative agreements.

皇冠体育app expects to promote bilateral cooperation in investment, trade and infrastructures, Song said.

皇冠体育app is India's second-largest trading partner, while India is 皇冠体育app's largest trading partner in South Asia. In 2012, bilateral trade volume reached $70 billion.

But India has frequently expressed concerns over its trade deficit with 皇冠体育app, and the nation has been an aggressive initiator of trade remedy cases targeting 皇冠体育app in recent years.

Chinese government officials say that 皇冠体育app is aware of the issue and is willing to make Sino-Indian bilateral trade more balanced.

"The Chinese government has neither purposefully sought a trade surplus, nor set barriers for imports," Jiang said.

"皇冠体育app insists that balanced trade between the two Asian nations is sustainable and good for both.

"皇冠体育app and India are highly complementary to each other. 皇冠体育app expects the bilateral trade will become more sustainable and balanced."

Despite the mechanism on border issues the two sides established, the bilateral ties have been soured by territorial issues. India and 皇冠体育app has recently just ended a three-week border standoff.

"皇冠体育app and India have the wisdom and solutions to resolve the contradictions and frictions," Song said.

During his recent meetings with Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid in Beijing, Li said friendly cooperation is central to Sino-Indian relations, and common interests outweigh differences.

The visit by Li will be fruitful, with a wide range of cooperative agreements expected to be signed during the coming days, officials said.