On the morning of June 12, 2025, Professor Chi Fulin, President of China Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD), met with Professor Lee Hee-ok, Lee Hee Ok, Director of Sungkyun Institute of China Studies, Sungkyunkwan University. They exchanged views on China-Korea relations, regional economic and trade cooperation, and industrial development of the two countries.

Cui Suling, Senior Research Fellow of Sungkyun Institute of China Studies, Sungkyunkwan University; Yang Rui, Executive President of CIRD and President of RCEP Research Institute, CIRD, Wang Yuehong, Assistant Researcher of RCEP Research Institute, CIRD, also present at the meeting.