On 29 November 2019, the 7th Board Meeting of the China-Southeast Asia Research Center on the South China Sea (CSARC) was held in Bali, Indonesia. Board members and representatives of CSARC member organizations from China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines attended the meeting. Dr. Wu Shichun, NISCSS President and Chairman of CSARC Board of Directors, chaired the meeting. 

The Board reviewed the CSARC projects and events in the past eight months, and discussed in depth the work plan for 2019-2020

The Board reviewed the CSARC projects and events in the past eight months, and discussed the work plan for the coming year. The Board decided that the CSARC would continue to co-organize the annual regular program and special program on Maritime Law Enforcement under the framework of China-ASEAN Academy on Ocean Law and Governance. The board also agreed on the follow-up work of the Workshop on Regional Cooperation on Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea, such as to publish the workshop proceedings and a volume of workshop papers. Additionally, the board reached consensus on the expansion of both organization and individual members of the CSARC, future working agenda on marine environmental protection, and the update mechanism for the official website to be launched in 2020.

The 7th Board Meeting of the CSARC was held in Bali, Indonesia on November 29th