CIDCA is headed by Luo Zhaohui, the former vice foreign minister and ex-ambassador to India.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi discussed ways to further strengthen the "iron-clad friendship" between the two countries as the two sides signed five agreements to deepen their bilateral cooperation in various fields, the foreign office said on Tuesday.
Last year, China held a meeting with some South Asian countries on COVID-19 vaccine cooperation without the participation of India.