In the afternoon, the prime minister is to attend a luncheon banquet hosted by Wen Jiabao, former Chinese premier, at the Yangyuanshai Villa, Diaoyutai State Guest House.
A day after the inking of a key India-China border pact and other agreements during his visit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday visited the Central Party School of the all-powerful Chinese Communist Party where he gave an address, considered a rare honour.
The prime minister first met He Yiting, the executive vice president of the Central Party School, and then addressed the school followed by a question and answer session with the delegates.
In the afternoon, the prime minister is to attend a luncheon banquet hosted by Wen Jiabao, former Chinese premier, at the Yangyuanshai Villa, Diaoyutai State Guest House.
He then departs for home.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday hailed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to China as a "landmark" event in bilateral relations which would inject new impetus to ties between the countries.
Manmohan Singh had arrived in the Chinese capital on Wednesday from Moscow on a three-day visit.
Some of the highlights of Singh's speech:
* I am deeply honoured at this invitation to speak at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China. I am conscious of the unique place that this School holds in the governance system of contemporary China and its contribution to the remarkable transformation of Chinese society.
* Many of you will play a decisive role in shaping China's future development, which will be of great significance for the world. I can think of no better place than this School to speak about India and China in the new era.
* Relations between India and China are unique in the world. We are two continuous ancient civilizations. We are neighbours with a long history of cultural, spiritual and economic ties.
* We both embarked on a new phase of our political histories around the same time.
Today, we are the world's two most populous nations, engaged in a process of socio-economic transformation of our people on a scale and at a pace unprecedented in human history.Both our countries have achieved considerable success in this endeavour.
* After China, India has been the fastest growing major economy in the world, averaging a growth rate of 7% per year over the past two decades and around 8% per year during the past ten years.
* As a result, both our economies have expanded several times. We have achieved a high degree of economic modernization and have lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.
* In our own ways, we have also had an impact in shaping the global economy — China in the manufacturing sector and India in the services sector.
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