A track II bilateral dialogue was held amongst scholars from India and China at IDSA, New Delhi on April 1, 2013. This is part of the regular interaction between the two premiere think-tanks from India and China— Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, and the China Institute for Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), based in Beijing, China. The Indian delegation was headed by Director General of IDSA, Dr Arvind Gupta and the Chinese delegation was led by Dr Yang Mingjie, Vice President of CICIR.