Meeting with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS, Beijing) at IRCICA, 15 October 2026

A meeting was held at IRCICA with the visiting delegation from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASS), Beijing, chaired by Prof. Peng Jinhui, Vice President of CASS (minister level). The delegation, welcomed by Director General Prof. Mahmud Erol Kılıç, was comprised of the following scholars: Ye Hailin, Director-General of the Institute of West-Asian and African Studies; He Jun, Deputy Director-General of the Institute of Industrial Economics and a senior research fellow; Wei Nanzhi, Deputy Director-General of the Bureau of International Cooperation and senior research fellow; Tang Zhichao, Deputy Director-General and Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of West-Asian and African Studies; Xu Qiong, Director of the Division of America and Oceania, Bureau of International Cooperation; and Zhang Jia, Assistant Research Fellow of the General Office, CASS. IRCICA’s experts present at the meeting were Prof. Cengiz Tomar, Head of Research and Publications, and Prof. Sadık Ünay, Consultant to the Director General. The meeting reviewed the outcomes of the long-standing cooperation between CASS and IRCICA including five conferences in the series themed “China and the Muslim World: Cultural Encounters” held from 2012 to 2024. Prospects of future cooperation were also discussed.