India, Nov. 26 -- China's Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, used a keynote address in the Indian capital to present Beijing's vision for its 15th Five-Year Plan, framing it as a roadmap for high-quality development and as a fresh opportunity to strengthen China-India relations.

Xu said the new plan - endorsed at last month's Fourth Plenary Session of the Chinese Communist Party - will guide China's economic and social strategy through 2030 and lay critical groundwork for Beijing's wider goal of "basically achieving socialist modernisation" by 2035.

Xu reviewed key achievements under the current plan, noting that China's GDP is expected to reach USD 20 trillion in 2025 and per capita GDP has surpassed USD 13,000. He pointed to poverty allev...