On 18th July 2022, a roundtable discussion on “Understanding China's Global Development Initiative (GDI) and Foreign Policy under President Xi Jinping’’ was jointly organized by Pakistan Research Center for a Community with Shared Future & IQRA University at IQRA University, Islamabad Campus. The aim of the Roundtable was to discuss China’s path to democracy in a new era under the visionary leader, President Xi Jinping. The roundtable discussion also integrated leading experts, researchers, and academicians to highlight China’s Global Development Initiative and prospects for collaboration with Pakistan. The discussion was addressed by experts and academicians from China and Pakistan including, Ms. Hanyin Song, Lecturer in Urdu, Pakistan Research Center of School of International Studies, Communication University of China (CUC), Beijing, China Dr. Ejaz Hussain, Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, IQRA University and Invited Researcher at Fudan University Ms. Shan Dan, Lecturer majoring in Pashto and Regional Studies in the School of International Studies at Communication University of China (CUC) Dr. Muhammad Saad, PhD Wuhan University, China & Assistant Professor, Social Sciences Department, IQRA University, Islamabad Mr. Khalid Taimur Akram, Executive Director, Pakistan Research Center for a Community with Shared Future -Ms. Maryam Raza, Deputy Director, Pakistan Research Center for a Community with Shared Future