Amid a thaw in ties, India has moved to speed up business visas for Chinese professionals. By reducing administrative vetting, India plans to issue business visas to Chinese entities within a month, news agency Reuters reported, citing two government officials.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said New Delhi has dropped an administrative vetting process and reduced visa approval time to less than four weeks. “We have removed the layer of administrative vetting and are processing the business visas within four weeks," one of the officials told the news agency.

China’s foreign ministry welcomed the move, saying it had noticed “positive action" from India to improve people-to-people exchanges. “China is willing to maintain communication and consultation with India," minist

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