Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Chinese President Xi Jinping for securing a second term as the head of the ruling Communist Party. <br/><br/>In his message on popular Chinese microblog Weibo which is akin to Twitter, the Prime Minister said, he looks forward to further promote India-China ties together. Mr Modi's message was posted both in English and Mandarin.<br/><br/>Xi was formally handed a second term in power and his doctrine was written into the party constitution, elevating him on par with modern China's founder Chairman Mao Zedong and his successor Deng Xiaoping.<br/><br/>Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi met on the sidelines of the 9th BRICS Summit in Chinese port city Xiamen. They held their first substantive bilateral meeting after the Dokalam standoff and agreed to move forward in their ties.