The meeting was chaired by Dr. Shahid Rashid, Executive Director CoE-CPEC along with the Policy Heads of CoE-CPEC to discuss the areas of collaboration in research with Chinese delegation from Shandong province under the umbrella of BRI and CPEC on 12th April 2018. The Chinese delegates belong to Huaiyin district committee of the Communist part of China (CPC) of Shandong province which is the 2nd most populous province of China with GDP around $ 1.1 trillion (2016). Delegation appreciated the research activities carried out by the Centre and showed intention for collaborative research especially in the area of regional integration and industrial cooperation.