<span style="color: #222222;">India and China will jointly hold 70 celebratory activities to mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations.<br />'' <br />'' External Affairs Ministry said that the year-long activities starting from 2020  will demonstrate historic connect between two civilisations as well as growing bilateral relations.<br />'' <br />'' Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed to organise 70 celebratory activities in both countries during their Second Informal Summit in Chennai last month.<br />'' <br />'' These activities will further deepen people-to-people exchanges at all levels, including between legislatures, businesses, academics, cultural and youth organisations as well as the defence forces.<br />'' <br />'' The two sides will also engage in cooperative projects in studying ancient maritime links between India and China through various ways including the establishment of sister-state relations between Tamil Nadu and Fujian Province.<br />'' <br />'' Activities will be held related to martial arts exchange, traditional sports, entrepreneurship, and joint post-earthquake search and rescue exercise.<br />'' <br />'' The two sides will organize respective tea promotion events in each other's countries.</span><br />''  ''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><br />''</p>