Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday the vibrant western Indian state has become India's special economic zone, attracting both foreign and domestic investors.
"Now Gujarat has emerged as the SEZ of India," Modi told reporters after opening the Gujarat pavilion at the Inaugural Annual Meeting of the New Champions organised by the World Economic Forum in Dalian, northeast China.
The opening of the Gujarat pavilion was attended by WEF Managing Director, Regional Agenda Teams & Global Growth Companies, Peter Torreele and some foreign guests.
Gujarat government was allotted 15,000 hectares of land for setting up SEZs, the highest in the country, Modi said.
Modi, who visited China in November 2006 to study the concept of SEZ, said the trip immensely benefited his state.
"Since China is the pioneer in the development of SEZ, I wanted to get first-hand knowledge,"