Ajit Doval and Wang Yi agree steps to manage India–China border, including data sharing

What happened: 25th India–China Special Representatives meeting in Beijing

Ajit Doval and China’s Wang Yi agreed a set of practical steps for India–China border management after the 25th meeting of Special Representatives between India and China in Beijing. The outcome focused on boundary and border confidence-building, better handling of on-ground situations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) (the de facto border line used for ground deployments), and expanded channels for senior and local-level communication.

Key actions agreed in the outcome include:

Boundary delimitation discussions: India and China agreed to advance discussions on an early and substantial harvest of boundary delimitation (progress that can produce tangible, earlier agreements on boundary details).

Trans-border rivers expert mechanisms: India and China agreed to hold additional expert-level mechanisms related to trans-border rivers, including meeting in September.