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 institutionalized 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
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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