The India China Alliance Centre (ICAC) is an organisation which focuses on promoting Sino-Indian bilateral trade, investment and cultural cooperation. It has strong linkages with mainland China across provinces on the economic, business, trade and cultural front. The Centre has been designed as a one stop shop for promoting Sino-Indian bi-lateral cooperation. An ideal opportunity for Indian and Chinese Private Sector Companies and Public Sector Undertakings / State Owned Enterprises; Trade and Investment Promotion Bodies; Central, Provincial and Municipal Governments to collaborate and cooperate. 

The India China Alliance Centre was officially launched on 30th October, 2003 in New Delhi in the presence of Mr. A. K. Thakur, the then Joint Secretary (East Asia), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India and Mr. Hao Kang Li, Vice Mayor, Chengdu Municipal Government, Sichuan Province, The People’s Republic of China.

During the last three and a half years, ICAC has received and hosted a number of delegations from China. To name a few, ICAC received and hosted an IT delegation from Chengdu city led by Vice-Mayor, Mr. Hao Kang Li in October 2003. This was followed by a Seminar on Sino-Indian Economic Cooperation in early 2004 in New Delhi with Mr. Shashank, the then Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India as the Chief Guest and Mr. Jonathan K.S. Choi, CEO, Sun Wah Group, Hong Kong as the Keynote Speaker. The visit of another IT delegation led by Dr. Wang Xiang Kun, Vice-Mayor of the Shenyang Municipal People’s Government to India in early 2004 was one of the highlights of ICAC’s activities in 2004. ICAC also hosted two delegations from the Guangzhou Tianhe Software Park led by Mr. Wu Yimin, Standing Member of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of CPC and another large delegation from Shandong Province (Department of Science and Technology) in the last quarter of 2004.  

ICAC also mounted the first ever IT Mission to China which apart from exhibiting   at “Chinasoft” in April, 2004, in Chengdu (Sichuan Province) visited Beijing, Shenyang (Liaoning Province), Weifang (Shandong Province) and Shanghai. A Tourism mission to Beijing and an Educational tour to Beijing, Shanghai, Hang Zhao and Shenyang for a group of 30 Principals, Teachers and Students representing New Delhi’s premier public schools have been some of the highlights of ICAC’s activities in 2004.

In October/ November 2006, ICAC organised the first ever 14 member Mission to China comprising of Directors of Indian Business Schools and Institutes of Engineering and Technology. This Mission was in China from October 30 to November 5, 2006 and visited some of the prestigious Universities and Institutes including the Peking University and the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing. In Shanghai, the Indian delegation visited the Fudan University, China Europe International Business School, Shanghai Pudong Software Technology Park and Shanghai Institute of Design (China Academy of Art).

In early 2007, ICAC mounted the 2nd Mission to China for Indian Business Schools and Institutes of Engineering and Technology, which visited Beijing, Shenyang and Shanghai from 12 to 18 March, 2007. The 18 Member Mission was led by Dr. K. Ponmudy, Minister for Higher Education, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Mr. K. Ganesan, IAS, Secretary, Higher Education, Govt. of Tamil Nadu and Dr. Perumal Kanniappan, Vice Chancellor, Alagappa University were also a part of this high profile delegation.

In April 2007, ICAC mounted the 1st ever Agriculture and Food Processing Mission to China from 19 to 27 April, 2007 to coincide with the Opening of The 8th China (Shouguang) International Vegetable Sci-tech Fair. The 27 member delegation was led by Mr. K. J. Alphons, IAS (Retd.), Member of the Kerela Legislative Assembly and Principal Advisor to IndiaChinaAlliance Centre. The Mission visited the cities of Weifang/Shouguang and Jinan in Shandong Province and Shenyang in Liaoning Province. The Mission was hosted by the Weifang Municipal People’s Government; Weifang Science and Technology Bureau and the Organising Committee of The 8th China (Shouguang) International Vegetable Sci-tech Fair in Weifang/Shouguang; Department of Science and Technology, Shandong Province in Jinan and Shenyang Information Industry Bureau in Liaoning Province. The highlight of the visit was the meeting with Mr. Li Bao Quan, Vice Mayor responsible for Agriculture in the Shenyang Municipal People’s Government.

From 18-24 June, 2007, ICAC mounted the 3rd Mission to China for Universities, Indian Business Schools and Institutes of Engineering and Technology from India. This Mission was led by Mrs. Dilafrose Qazi, Vice Chairperson, SSM College of Engineering and Polytechnic, Jammu & Kashmir (One of the nominees of the Nobel    Peace Prize in 2006). The Mission was officially hosted by the Shenyang Education Bureau, Liaoning Province, The People's Republic of China. The Mission visited and interacted with the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) and Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing; Shenyang Education Bureau, International Business School of Shenyang University and Northeastern University in Shenyang and China Europe International.

The most recent intiative undertaken by ICAC relates to the organization of the first ever   India IT Software Exhibition and Mission to Beijing and Shenyang from 18-24 September, 2007 to coincide with the 2007 edition of the Northeast Asia Hi-Tech Fair held in Shenyang from 20-22 September, 2007. Coinciding with the Fair wherein India had put up an IT Software Pavilion, Shenyang Information Industry Bureau (SIIB) and ICAC jointly organised a Seminar on Sino- Indian IT Software Cooperation in the IT Software Sector on 21 September. The Seminar was followed by the Signing of 10 Cooperation Agreements between Indian and Shenyang based IT Software Companies. The 26 Member Mission was led by Mr. P Jayakumar, CEO, Toonz Animation India Private Limited(Asia's largest Animation Company) Other prominent members of the Mission included Mr. Prakash Menon, President, NIIT China (Shanghai) Ltd, Mr. James Lin, CEO & MD, Infosys Technologies (China) Co. Ltd. The Mission was officially hosted by Mr. Yang Hongfeng, Director, SIIB as also by Mr. Liu Peng , Vice Chairman, Co-Create  Software League in Beijing. While select members of the Indian Mission met with Mr. Zhang Zhou Ran, Vice Chairman of The Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Shenyang and Mr. Zou Dating, Vice Mayor, Shenyang Municipal People's Government, the entire delegation met with a host of Chinese IT Software Companies in Beijing and Shenyang

ICAC took the 1st ever initiative to mount a 19 Member Mission to China for Universities and Institute of Journalism and Mass Communication from India (29 October – 4 November, 2007 – Beijing, Shenyang and Shanghai) Led by Prof. Myron J Pereira, Director, Xavier Institute of Communications, St Xavier’s College, Mumbai, this Mission visited and interacted with China’s six premier Universities. These include: Communication University of China, School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, School of Mass Communication, Shenyang University, College of Radio, Film and Television, Liaoning University, School of Journalism, Fudan University and School of Media and Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. All the visiting Universities and Institutes from India signed a one to one cooperation agreement with the School of Journalism, Fudan University, Shanghai and School of Media and Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

In November, 2007, ICAC received and hosted a 5 member delegation led by the Deputy Mayor of the Shenyang Municipal People’s Government in New Delhi and Agra. During this visit, a MoU was signed between Mr. Hongfeng Yang, Director, Shenyang Information Industry Bureau and Mr. Piyush Bahl, CEO, India China Alliance Centre.