China today said it wants to enhance mutual trust with India and move forward their bilateral cooperative partnership as it announced President Pranab Mukherjee's maiden visit here from May 24.


 "This will be the first visit for President Mukherjee to China. It is also one of the high level exchanges between China and India this year," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a media briefing in Beijing.


"China and India are the major emerging countries and play a major role on the international stage. They have made great contribution for peace and stability in the world," he said. President Xi Jinping's visit to India in 2014 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China last year have marked a "new era" for Sino-Indian relations, Hong said.