On July 8, 2022, China Forum (CF) of Tsinghua University’s Center for International Security and Strategy held a mid-year workshop for its student assistants. Moderated by CF Secretary General Zhang Lirong, the event convened the Forum’s executive committee member Han Hua, all CF staff and student assistants.

​On July 8, 2022, China Forum (CF) under Tsinghua University’s Center for International Security and Strategy held its mid-year internal seminar, convening more than 20 experts and scholars onsite and online. Eric Li, vice chairman of China Forum, also joined the meeting via video link.

​On June 15, Senior Colonel Zhou Bo (ret.), a senior fellow at Tsinghua University’s Center for International Security and Strategy and a China Forum expert, attended a seminar of the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) themed “Two years after Galwan, the state of China-India ties.”

Senior Colonel Zhou Bo (ret.), a senior fellow at Tsinghua University’s Center for International Security and Strategy and a China Forum expert, gave an interview to CNBC’s Street Signs Asia the next day on General Wei’s speech and his talks with the US defense secretary, which was published on CNBC.com. From 2013 to 2019, Zhou has been invited to speak at the Shangri-La Dialogue as a member and expert of the Chinese military delegation.

Senior Colonel Zhou Bo (ret.), a senior fellow at the Center for International Security and Strategy of Tsinghua University and a China Forum expert, spoke on China-US relations and Taiwan in a recent interview to CNBC’s Squawk Box Asia. An article titled “China would only use force as a ‘last resort’ for Taiwan reunification, former PLA official says,” along with the video of the interview, were published on CNBC.com on May 24.

On April 5, 2022, the Valdai Discussion Club hosted an expert discussion titled “Gas for Rubles: Buy It If You Can,” which focused on the possible reshaping of the global energy landscape amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, whether the EU can push Russian energy out of its fuel balance, and the reorientation of Russian energy to other markets. Among the invited panelists was Professor FU Chengyu, an expert at China Forum under Tsinghua University’s Center for International Security and Strategy and former Sinopec Chairman.

​ZHOU Bo, a fellow at Tsinghua University’s Center for International Security and Strategy and a China Forum expert, was recently interviewed by The Straits Times on nuclear security in East Asia amid the Russia-Ukraine war, and he was quoted by the newspaper in an opinion piece entitled “Nuclear lessons from the war in Ukraine” on March 28.

ZHOU Bo, a fellow at Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University (CISS) and a China Forum expert, was recently interviewed by The Economist on Ukraine, where his views were quoted in an opinion piece titled “China has honed its justifications for taking Russia’s side” published by the newspaper on March 26.

On March 17-18, CUI Hongjian, a China Forum expert and director of the Department for European Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, spoke at the plenary session entitled “EU Indo-Pacific Strategy: How can the EU build its economic reach and influence in the region?” of the Ditchley conference “Europe after Merkel: how can the EU best build on its strengths and mitigate its risks?”

On February 25, 2022, the Ditchley Foundation held an international conference on “Techno-Democracy” in a combination of in-person and virtual formats. Eric Li, China Forum’s vice chairman, was invited as a speaker and panelist at one of the working groups for “Techno-Democracy in Practice in Asia”.

The 58th Munich Security Conference (MSC) was held in Munich from February 18 to 20, convening 30 heads of state and government, hundreds of ministerial officials, and leading personalities of international organizations onsite and virtually for discussions on global issues such as regional security, the COVID-19 pandemic, and climate change. Professor Fu Chengyu, former chairman of Sinopec and a China Forum expert, was invited by the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt to speak at its Futurity Session titled “Sustaining Global Collaboration Towards Climate Neutrality.”

The 2021 Sino-Ivorian Investment and Partnership Days organized by the International Youth Congress of Africa and China (CONIJAC) took place in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d’Ivoire. Among the invited speakers were H.E. WAN Li, Chinese Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire; Mr. Abdoulaye Ben MÉÏTÉ, President of the General and Institutional Affairs Commission of the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire; and Professor DING Yifan, China Forum Expert and former Deputy Director of the Institute of World Development at the Development Research Center of the State Council of China.