The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, jointly advocated by the two countries, continue to serve as important norms for maintaining world peace, development and stability.

Chen said that the recent meeting between the leaders of the two countries during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Tianjin has injected strong momentum into the sound development of China-India relations. Both sides should continue to foster a correct understanding of each other, accommodate each other’s interests and concerns, expand mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation, and jointly promote global stability and development while upholding international fairness and justice.

Think tanks of the two countries, she added, should actively offer insights and recommendations and play an important role in advancing bilateral cooperation and enhancing the friendship between the two peoples.

Pankaj Saran stated that India was the first country to establish diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China. As neighboring countries, ancient civilizations and emerging major economies, India and China should handle differences in a proper manner while following their respective development paths, prevent differences from escalating into disputes, and steadily enhance bilateral relations.

He also called for stronger cooperation under multilateral mechanisms such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRICS, so as to jointly promote national development, prosperity and stability in Asia, and address common global challenges.

Scholars from China and India held in-depth discussions on topics including the historical experience of establishing diplomatic relations, practical cooperation, people-to-people exchanges, civilizational dialogue, and global governance. They agreed that China and India should take the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties as an opportunity to implement the consensus reached by their leaders, further strengthen political mutual trust, and deepen cooperation across various fields, so as to bring greater benefits to both countries and the world. Think tanks from both sides are willing to play an active role in this endeavor, according to the scholars.

The event was chaired by Liu Qing, vice president of CIIS. More than 20 experts and scholars from India’s Vivekananda International Foundation and Jawaharlal Nehru University, as well as CIIS, the Institute of International Strategic Studies of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, China Foreign Affairs University, and the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations attended the seminar.

Chen Bo (left), president of CIIS, and Pankaj Saran, convenor of NatStrat (Centre for Research on Strategic and Security Issues) and former deputy national security advisor of India, address the event. 

The event is chaired by Liu Qing (left), vice president of CIIS. 

Experts and scholars from China and India engage in in-depth discussions at the event.