On January 22, 2013, H. E. Mr. Wei Wei, the new Chinese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to India, presented his credentials to H. E. Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, President of the Republic of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

President Mukherjee welcomed Ambassador Wei Wei to India and requested him to convey his cordial greetings to Chinese President Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He said China is a great country. India-China relations have witnessed great development in recent years. He believed that the people of the two countries will be friendly towards each other. He also expressed his goodwill for a successful tenure for Ambassador Wei Wei in India and even greater progress of India-China relations in the future.

Ambassador Wei Wei conveyed warm regards and best wishes from President Hu Jintao and General Secretary Xi Jinping to President Mukherjee. He said that in recent ten years, the bilateral relations has maintained strong momentum of development. The two countries has kept frequent high-level exchanges. The economic and trade relations has made remarkable achievements. Exchanges in various fields has steadily expanded. Appointed as Ambassador to India in the new period of development of China-India relations, Wei said he felt great responsibility and wouldl make every effort to push the bilateral relations to a new height

Ambassador Wei Wei arrived at New Delhi on January 6, 2013 to take office.