With Gujarat hoping to boost trade ties with China after President Xi Jinping's recent visit, more and more Gujaratis are thronging institutes here imparting training in various foreign languages especially to learn Chinese with a view to explore business opportunities in the neighbouring country.

Several pacts were inked between the two countries when President Xi visited Gujarat during his three-day India tour.

This included an agreement of sister city pact between Guangzhou in China and Gujarat's mega city Ahmedabad besides a deal on setting up of an industrial park in the state.

The people of Gujarat did not wait for such events to happen and had already started sensing business opportunities in the land of Mao Zedong earlier.

But according to city-based teachers and students of Chinese language, the trend to learn Chinese recently got a big push after Xi's visit.