The Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India–China Border Affairs (WMCC) was set up through an India–China agreement in January 2012 for improved institutionalised information exchange on border related issues. The mechanism was first suggested by Wen Jiabao in 2010. It was finalised at the 15th round of Special Representative talks in January 2012.
On 16 December 2010, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said at the Indian Council of World Affairs,
According to the agreement, the mechanism is led by a "Joint Secretary level official from the Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India and a Director General level official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and will be composed of diplomatic and military officials". The working mechanism will "not discuss resolution of the Boundary Question or affect the Special Representatives Mechanism".
Rounds 6 March 2012 29–30 November 2012 23–24 July 2013 29–30 September 2013 10 February 2014 28–30 April 2014 27 August 2014 16–17 October 2014 — 17 November 2017 22 March 2018 27 September 2018 29 January 2019 29 July 2019 24 June 2020 (virtual) 10 July 2020 24 July 2020 20 August 2020 30 September 2020 18 December 2020 — 25 June 2021
See also
India–China border agreements 1988: India–China Joint Working Group on the boundary question Confidence building measures 1993: Border Peace and Tranquility Agreement 1996: Agreement on Military Confidence Building Measures 2005: Protocol for the Implementation of Military Confidence Building Measures Political measures 2003: Declaration on Principles for Relations and Comprehensive Cooperation 2005: Agreement on the Political Parameters and Guiding Principles for the Settlement of the India–China Boundary Question 2012: Agreement on the Establishment of a Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India–China Border Affairs 2013: Border Defence Cooperation Agreement 2020: 5 point statement
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