Government of China's Sichuan province has extended an invitation to Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and his accompanying delegation from the Telangana state to visit Chengdu, Sichuan province, to strengthen friendly relations between Telangana state and Sichuan province, aimed at promoting business and cultural cooperation between these two. In a letter to the Chief Minister's Office Ms Zhang Tao, Deputy Director General of Sichuan Foreign affairs Office mentioned that both Sichuan province and Telangana State are very similar in their history, culture and resources, an official release said here today. She said stories told of dynasties and kings who ruled these lands, where tales were inscribed in history so deep that, they have now become legends or even myths. The letter described that both Sichuan province and Telangana have carvings and sculptures of Lord Buddha and his teachings are practiced and preached very devoutly. The Deputy Director General also mentioned that Telangana economically is driven by agriculture and both Sichuan and Telangana are among the richest in mineral resources and both are heavy industry centers of their respective countries. Ms Zhang Tao, informed through the letter that Chengdu the capital of Sichuan is also the headquarters of Donfang Electric Corporation Ltd, the Worlds largest power equipment manufacturer. Considering the fact that Telangana state is in need of large capacity of power projects at the earliest, cooperation between related parties in this subject should be discussed and an MoU should be signed as and when the visit of the Chief Minister materializes mentioned in the letter. UNI VV AKM RSS1447 NNNN -- (UNI) -- 29MS22.xml