On the morning of Monday, October 12, the Sejong Institute held a closed-door discussion with a visiting delegation from the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS).​

Participants from the Sejong Institute were as follows:

- Jungsup Kim, President

- Jae-hung Chung, Director, Center for Diplomatic Strategy​​

- Eunju Choi, Director, Center for Korean Peninsula Strategy​

- Chansong C. Lee, Research Fellow

- Jeong-kyu Lee, Visiting Research Fellow 

Participants from the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) were as follows:

- Song Junying, Director, Department for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

- Li Zixin, Deputy Director, Office of Research Management 

- Zheng Tianqi, Research Intern, Research Department