​On March 28, 2025, CIIDS Founding Chairman Zheng Bijian met with Mr. Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Development and Support Foundation of the Valdai International Discussion Club of Russia. The two sides exchanged views on issues of common concern, such as China-Russia relations and think tank cooperation.

On March 26, 2025, Mr. Li Junru, Executive Vice Chairman of the Academic Committee of the China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy (CIIDS), met with Sir Sebastian Wood, Chairman-elect of the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC) and Chairman for China Affairs at Schroders plc. The two sides exchanged views on topics of mutual interest.

On February 20, 2025, CIIDS held the CIIDS Salon: Chinese-ASEAN Cooperation. Former Foreign Minister of Indonesia Hasan Wirajuda delivered a presentation and had exchanges with Chinese experts attending the event.

On August 13, 2024, Founding Chairman Zheng Bijian met with H.E. Kanasugi Kenji, Japanese Ambassador to China, at CIIDS.

On July 3rd, 2024, Founding Chairman Zheng Bijian met in Beijing with Mr. Yohei Kono, President of Japan Association for the Promotion of International Trade (JAPIT) and former Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan who is currently in the capital for a visit.

On the afternoon of June 19, 2024, the China Institute for Innovation & Development Strategy (CIIDS) held a seminar on "The Impact of Geopolitics on Chinese Enterprises" in Beijing.

On the afternoon of April 23rd, 2024, Zheng Bijian, Founding Chairman of the CIIDS, met with the delegation from the Aspen Institute in Beijing, led by Joseph Nye, Co-Chair of the Aspen Strategy Group and Emeritus Dean of Harvard Kennedy School. The meeting focused on how to understand China accurately and establish a proper strategic perception of the US-China relations.

On April 11th, Professor Yan Hairong from the Tsinghua Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences was invited to speak at the "CIIDS Salon".

On the afternoon of March 25, 2024, Li Cheng, the Founding Director of the Center on Contemporary China and the World (CCCW) at the University of Hong Kong and former Director of the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution, visited the CIIDS and had a dialogue with the CIIDS scholars on "the China-US Relations in the Year of American Election".

On March 19, 2024, Vice Chairman Feng Wei met with Qi Wei,Deputy Director of the China Center for Contemporary World Research Center,IDCCP,at the CIIDS. The two sides exchanged in-depth views on how to effectively tell China's story and help the world understand China. ​