On March 25, 2025, Director-General of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Hong Liang and Joint Secretary of the East Asia Division of the Ministry of External Affairs of India Gourangalal Das co-chaired the 33rd Meeting of Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on China-India Border Affairs in Beijing. Representatives of government agencies for foreign affairs, national defense, and internal and immigration affairs of the two countries attended the meeting. With a positive, constructive and forward-looking attitude, the two sides had a comprehensive and in-depth exchange of views focusing on implementing the common understandings reached about negotiations of boundary delimitation, border control, mechanism development, cross-border communication and cooperation, and other topics during the 23rd meeting between the Special Representatives of China and India on the boundary question held in December 2024. The two sides agreed to take concrete and effective measures to continuously maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas, and actively prepare for the 24th meeting between the Special Representatives of China and India on the boundary question.