On 12 August 2017, NISCSS President Wu Shicun met with a seven-member delegation led by Mr. Kato Chihiro, who is professor of Japanese Doshisha University and secretary-general of Japan 893 Academic Community. The two sides exchanged views on multiple hot-spot issues, including China’s claims on the nine-dashed line in the South China Sea, the COC consultation process, the South China Sea arbitration, as well as the management and control over Huangyan Island.

Japanese Ambassador to China Yokoi Yutaka attended the meeting as a member of the 893 Academic Community.

Incepted in 1990 as a non-governmental academic organization, the 893 Academic Community is largely composed of professors, journalists, diplomats and research fellows with rich experience in China studies.