On April 8, 2016, escorted by Ambassador Li Bijian, minister counselor of Chinese Embassy in India, Mr. Jayant Prasad, President of Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis (IDSA, India) led a delegation of the institute visiting SIIS. President Chen Dongxiao, Prof. Wu Chunsi, director of the Institute for International Strategic Studies and other scholars had a discussion with the delegation on China-India cooperation in the fields of economy, science and technology, security and counter-terrorism etc. The two think-tanks also signed the MOU after the meeting.