The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad is among 10 international think tanks that are partnering ten Chinese institutions to co-launch an action plan for building a network of Asian think tanks.
Titled ‘Action Plan on Building a Network of Exchanges and Cooperation between Asian Think Tanks’, the initiative hopes to strengthen exchanges and cooperation between think tanks in Asia, as well as other regions of the world, by enhancing the awareness of common challenges, conducting joint research endeavors, promoting people-to-people connections and facilitating information sharing.
The agreement was signed by Executive President IPS Khalid Rahman on behalf of the Institute, who was visiting Shanghai, China, to attend the preceding forum held on November 6, 2019
The co-launch of the action plan is led by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, partnered by ten Chinese institutions namely National Institute for Global Strategy, CASS, Xinhua Institute, China Center for International Economic Exchanges, Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies, CIPG, China Institute of International Studies, Research Institute of China Development Bank, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Yunnan Academy of South East Asian and South Asian Studies, Regional Coordinated Development Research Center for Zhejiang University.
The ten partnering international think tanks include Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad, Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies of Turkey, Center for New Inclusive Asia of Malaysia, Strategic Research Center under the President of Tajikistan, Development Strategy Center of Uzbekistan, Center for Economic and Social Development of Azerbaijan, Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh, Institute of International Studies of Royal Academy of Cambodia, Centre for Economic and Social Development of Myanmar, and SMN Investments of Afghanistan.
The initiative was taken following the forum ‘China’s 70-year Development and the Building of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind’ which was held recently in Shanghai, China. The forum was one of the five sub-sessions of the Second Hongqiao International Economic Forum, China International Import Expo. It was attended by leaders and scholars from more than 200 think tanks and international organizations from China and abroad, out of which twenty think tanks joined hands to develop an action plan to advocate regional cooperation among Asian think tanks with the spirit of openness, equality, practice, and mutual benefit.
