On 18-20 June 2015, Dr. Xu Xiaodong, a member of the NISCSS research staff, attended an international conference on maritime and air search & rescue organized by the Council on Security Cooperation in Asia and Pacific Region (CSCAP) in Kuala Lumpur. More than 20 experts and scholars from China, Malaysia, India, Singapore, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and other countries attended the meeting, and discussed related issues, including the successes and failures of the global search & rescue practice, regional cooperation and coordination, the establishment of information sharing mechanism, etc. The second meeting of the same nature will be held in the latter of this year in India.