gandhinagar centuries ago the famous chinese traveller hsuan tsang stayed at a buddhist monastery in vadnagar in north gujarat the region both prime minister narendra modi and gujarat cm anandiben patel hail from as modi and patel ready for the china trip starting may 14 tsang will provide an emotional connect to the highprofile diplomatic visit while the chief ministers of maharashtra and karnataka will also accompany modi there is a lot at stake for gujarats industry patel is expected to make presentations on petprojects like dholera sir gift city surat dream city sanand auto hub and other upcoming projects like kalpasar in gujarat on thursday gandhinagar witnessed series of meeting convened by cms chief principal secretary k kailashnathan to finalize patels tour plan and business to be discussed with china along with the followup on mous with chinese agencies inked during president xi jinpings visit to gujarat last year a number of key issues will be taken up chinese companies had shown a lot of interest the vibrant summit 2015 in electricals and electronics textiles renewable energy and construction sectors opportunities will be explored in these areas patels china visit is likely to further cement gujarats friendship with china the foundation of which was laid in 2006 during narendra modis visit to across the himalayas as cm and again in 2011 the gujaratchinese affair blossomed when modi pulled out all the stops and rolled out a red carpet welcome for jinping in ahmedabad three key mous were signed between gujarat and chinese institutions during the chinese presidents visit including the development of a chinese industrial park and establishing sister province relations between guangdong and gujarat and guangzou and ahmedabad