27-28 November 2006
Panel Discussion: India, China and Asian Security - Setting an Agenda for Cooperation
China Reform Forum (CRF), Beijing

An IPCS delegation visited Beijing for a panel discussion with the China Reform Forum (CRF) from 27-28 November 2006. The delegation was led by Ambassador Salman Haidar, former Indian Foreign Secretary and Ambassador to China and also included Ambassador Lalit Mansingh, former Indian Foreign Secretary and Ambassador to the United States, Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee, Director, IPCS, Mr. Mohan Guruswamy, Chairman of Centre for Policy Alternatives, New Delhi, Dr. Alka Acharya, Chairperson, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Dr. Srikant Kondapalli, Associate Professor, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, JNU and Mr. Jabin T Jacob, Research Fellow, IPCS.

The CRF team comprised Gen. Pan Zhenqiang, Executive Counselor, CRF, Ambassador Cheng Ruisheng, Former Chinese Ambassador to India and Myanmar, and Member CSCAP-China, Ambassador Zhou Gang, Former Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan and India, and Research Fellow, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), Ms. Cao Xiaobing, Council Member, Chinese Association of International Understanding, Prof. Ma Jiali, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), Ms. Chen Fengying, CICIR, and Prof. Liu Jianfei, Director of Chinese Foreign Affairs Division, Institute of International Strategic Studies, Central Party School of CPC.

The CRF is a non-governmental and non-profit academic organization founded in 1994 and devoted to the study of domestic and worldwide issues including international relational relations and economic development. Its research is closely associated with that of the Party School, CPC Central Committee. The CRF is headed by Mr. Zheng Bijian, former Vice Principal of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party, and the first to use the concept of China's "peaceful rise."

The discussions between the IPCS and the CRF covered the worldviews of the India and China, their respective regional relations, energy security, trade and environment issues, and the China-India strategic relationship.

29 November 2006
Roundtable: Hu Jintao's Visit and Sino-Indian Relations
China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), Beijing

The IPCS held a roundtable discussion on 29 November 2006 with the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), Beijing on the Sino-Indian relationship in light of the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to South Asia. The IPCS delegation was headed by Ambassador Salman Haidar, former Indian Foreign Secretary and Ambassador to China and also included Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee, Director, IPCS, Mr. Mohan Guruswamy, Chairman of Centre for Policy Alternatives, New Delhi, Dr. Alka Acharya, Chairperson, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Dr. Srikant Kondapalli, Associate Professor, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, JNU and Mr. Jabin T Jacob, Research Fellow, IPCS.

The CIIS team comprised Prof. Zheng Ruixiang, Senior Research Fellow of the South Asia Program, and former Vice-President, CIIS, Prof. Liu Xiucheng, Director, American Studies and Member of CSCAP-China, and Mr. Rong Ying, Director, International Politics.

30 November 2006
Panel Discussion: China and India: Worldviews and the Emerging Economic Relationship
Centre for American Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

An IPCS delegation met with a panel from Fudan University's Institute of International Studies on 30 November 2006 to discuss the worldviews of India and China and the developing economic relationship between the two regional powers.

The IPCS delegation was led by Ambassador Salman Haidar, former Indian Foreign Secretary and Ambassador to China and included Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee, Director, IPCS, Mr. Mohan Guruswamy, Chairman of Centre for Policy Alternatives, New Delhi, Dr. Alka Acharya, Chairperson, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Dr. Srikant Kondapalli, Associate Professor, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, JNU and Mr. Jabin T Jacob, Research Fellow, IPCS.

The Fudan University panel comprised of Prof. Shen Dingli, Executive Dean, Institute of International Studies, and Director, Center for American Studies, Prof. Ren Xiao, Senior Fellow, Prof. Du Youkang, Senior Fellow, Dr. Zhang Guihong, Research Professor, and Dr. Wang Yiwei, Assistant Dean, Centre for American Studies.