China-India Forum is a platform for cross-cultural dialogue and action working towards a responsible, plural and harmonious society in the interest of both the countries. China-India Forum recognizes that youth both as key agents and target groups have a unique and vital contribution in promoting a new paradigm of cultural diversity, cross-cultural dialogue and sustainable development.

China and India have ancient civilizations and a long history. The two countries have created splendid cultures and made indelible contribution to human progress. In the past several millennia, the two great civilizations have drawn upon each other's strength and left a glorious chapter in the annals of global civilization.
The people of India and China started cultural exchanges and trade centuries ago. Eminent Chinese monks Fahien and Huen Tsang went to India on pilgrimages, and Kumarajiva and Bodhidharma brought Buddhist classics from India to China. They were great pioneers in the long history of exchanges between our two peoples.In modern times, both the countries enjoyed mutual sympathy and support in the struggle for independence and liberation.

Today, both China and India are on the fast track of economic and social development, demonstrating to the world the bright future of the two countries and the promise of a revitalized Asia. China and India have carried out productive cooperation in many fields and our relations have maintained good momentum of all-round development. Last year, China and India established the strategic and cooperative partnership for peace and prosperity, which ushered in a new stage of growth in China-India relations. In enhancing China-India relationship, we need to both boost bilateral cooperation and be global and future-oriented in outlook. As young leaders of China and India, we should act with vision, view China-India relations in a long-term and strategic perspective, seize the opportunity to enhance the good-neighborly friendship and all-round cooperation and forge closer strategic partnership.

The year 2006, India and China Friendship year embarked between the two nations a normal relationship with each other after years of mistrust. There has been a significant "all-round development" between the two countries.

The Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World supported by Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation for Human Progress (FPH) since 1991 is involved with the ongoing China-India exchange which has helped in creating a small wave of inter-cultural learning between the two countries. To enhance China-India friendship and cooperation there definitely is a need for an Indian and Chinese Citizens assembly to bring an Asian resurgence with India, China as partners and this should be carried through programs as proposed through following activities. This will be carried out from the year 2007 and up to 2010 through, inter-cultural dialogue, more people-to-people contact, responsible tourism, exchanges and fair trade.