Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in the national capital Sunday morning and is holding talks with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
This is the first contact between the two governments after the Indian general elections.
Wang Yi will also meet President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday.
The details of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India later this year are also likely to be discussed.
Modi had extended an invitation to the Chinese president during his telephonic talk with Wang Li.
