The joint virtual session between the Institute for Political and International Studies and the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations was held on Wednesday ,August 25, 2021, about bilateral and international issues. The meeting was attended by Dr.MohammadSajjadpour, Deputy Minister of MOFA &President of IPIS; Dr.Majid Ghafelehbashi, Research Deputy at the center; Mohammad Keshavarzzadeh, Iranian Ambassador to China; Ali Khoshroo, Former Iranian Ambassador to the UN; Mohsen Shariati Nia, Professor at Shahid Beheshti University; Seyed Mohsen Marandi, Professor at the University of Tehran; Gholamali Cheginizadeh , Professor at the Allamah Tabatabaei University; Mr.Chang Hua, Chinese Ambassador to Iran; Wang Wen, Executive President of the Chung Yang Financial Institute; Song Xiaofeng, President of the Taihe Institute; Wu Bingbing, Professor and Top Researcher at the Beijing University  's Institute for Strategic and International  Studies; Qin Tian, Deputy Director and Associate Research Professor of Institute of Middle East Studies of China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.

The meeting was held in the form of two panels “Reviewing the Longer than 50 Years Old Bilateral Ties and the Iran/China Look to the International Developments” and “The Iran-China 25-year Cooperation Program”

Here are the most important matters touched upon at the session:

•  Iran and China , as two Asian civilizations, enjoy a long history of friendly transactions. Since the establishment of relations between the two countries in August 1971, mutual political trust and cooperation between the two countries have deepened. Over the last 50 years, the two sides have supported the other side's interests and concerns, which has led to strengthening of trust between the two countries. The fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries is a new chapter and a new start for friendship and a short opportunity for strengthening cooperation between the two countries in various areas.
•  The Iran-China cooperation has reached its best time , due to the following reasons: 1) The world being in need of multilateral cooperation and peace in this regard, the two countries' support for cooperation and multilaterism; 2) End of the US hegemony and the downgrade of the US economic power to the lowest level since WW II, and as a result, the world is in need of cooperation, peace and multilaterism. The expansion of Iran/China ties is not only to the benefit of both countries, but also it has a significant  role in preserving security, stability and sustainable development of the Middle East.
•  By declaring the Iran-China 25-year Cooperation Program, the mutual exchanges and cooperation have increased in many areas. This program which is the biggest project of the " One Belt, One Road" initiative will add more dimensions to the two countries' cooperation within the initiative.