June 23, 2026 — China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) vice chairman Lin Honghong met in Beijing with Hashimoto Gaku, acting president of the Japan International Trade Promotion Association and member of Japan's House of Representatives, who was in China to attend the fourth Chain Expo. They discussed deepening institutional cooperation, strengthening bilateral economic ties, promoting industrial-chain and supply-chain collaboration, and expanding cooperation in frontier

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June 23, 2026, New Delhi — Indian Prime Minister Modi met Wang Yi, member of the CPC Politburo and director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, and other BRICS senior security representatives. Modi said India supports China taking the BRICS rotating chair next year and will work with China to advance BRICS cooperation and safeguard Global South interests. Wang Yi conveyed Chinese leadership’s good wishes, said China and India should lead unity and self-reliance among Global South nations, urged implementation of leaders’ consensus, greater mutual trust, proper handling of sensitive issues and deeper mutually beneficial cooperation, and said China will continue to support India in fulfilling its BRICS rotating-chair responsibilities. Wang also met Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval during the visit.