| CHEN Xiaogong | Former Deputy Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Leading Group of the CPC Central Committee, Former Deputy Commander of Chinese Air Force |
| WANG Jisi | President of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Peking University |
| YAO Yunzhu | Former Director of the Center for China-America Defense Relations, Academy of Military Sciences PLA China |
| ZHANG Tuosheng | Senior Fellow of the Academic Committee of China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies Council Member of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Peking University |
| HUANG Renwei | President of the Academic Committee of National High-end Think Tank, Shanghai Academy of Social Science President of Shanghai American Society |
| YAN Xuetong | Director of the Institute of International Relations, Tsinghua University |
| XUE Lan | Dean of the Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University |
| LIU Taoxiong | Secretary of the Party Committee of School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University |
| FANG Ning | Political Scientist at the Institute of Political Science at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |
| WU Shicun | Founding President, Director of academic committee and Senior Research Fellow of China’s National Institute for South China Sea Studies |
