India-China trade reached ‘record high’ of $155.6 billion in 2025: Chinese envoy

Xu, who was addressing an event to mark the Chinese New Year in New Delhi, pointed to several developments to argue that bilateral relations have improved since the end of a military standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that lasted more than four years. He contended that bilateral ties have “continued to improve”, with India’s exports to China growing by 9.7% amid the growth in two-way trade, while China has resumed the pilgrimage to a sacred mountain and holy lake in the Xizang region — a reference to the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra — with nearly 20,000 Indian pilgrims…