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title: "Wuhan Summit: India-China Informal Diplomacy"
description: "The Wuhan Summit was the April 2018 Modi-Xi informal meeting that reset India-China ties post-Doklam, launching \"informal summit\" diplomacy. Key UPSC GS2 topic."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The Wuhan Summit was an April 2018 informal meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping to reset bilateral ties after the Doklam standoff.
- Why was the Wuhan Summit held in 2018?
- How does an informal summit differ from a formal bilateral summit?
- Did the Wuhan Summit succeed in stabilising India-China relations?
- Was there a third India-China informal summit after Wuhan and Mamallapuram?

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1. 28 April 2018

   The Wuhan Summit was an informal meeting held on 27– in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, Hubei province, between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ch…

2. 12 October 2019

   Wuhan established a template that was explicitly continued at the second India-China informal summit held in Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram), Tamil Nadu, on 11–…

3. 15 June 2020

   The "Wuhan spirit" did not prevent the 2020 Galwan Valley clash in eastern Ladakh on , in which twenty Indian soldiers and an undisclosed number of Chinese t…

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