On March 27th, a seminar to celebrate the centennial of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was jointly organized by the Shanghai Academy of Global Governance and Area Studies of Shanghai International Studies University and the China Forum under the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University.

From March 16 to 19, the China Forum under the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University conducted a thematic research trip in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, on the strategy of driving international growth of local enterprises and NGOs.

On March 5, 2021, CISS’s China Forum Expert TANG Xiaoyang joined a closed-door roundtable themed “Vaccine Diplomacy and the New World Order” held virtually by the UCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED). Tang is an associate professor in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University. The session was part of CMED’s conference series on “Current Challenges Facing the Middle East.”

On January 15, 2021, CONIJAC (The International Youth Congress of Africa and China) initiated a virtual conference under its Understanding China, Building Africa program, where Professor DING Yifan, China Forum Expert and Fellow at the Institute of World Development under the Development Research Center of the State Council of China, spoke on new dynamics of world development.

In the extraordinary year of 2020, COVID-19 has taught us that we, as humanity, share one future together. We have come to realize the importance of solidarity and cooperation among the world’s youths. Against this backdrop, the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), China held the 4th Annual Conference of Global Youth Dialogue 2020.

On December 26, 2020, China Forum of the Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University, held its Year-End Review Meeting and the Seminar on International Communication, gathering its Vice Chair Eric X. Li (via videolink) and more than 20 members for discussions. Secretary-General ZHANG Lirong took stock of the institution’s achievements in 2020 and proposed its vision for 2021. In 2020, China Forum organized over 60 international seminars, published 35 articles in foreign media, and delivered 44 short videos, 10 podcasts and four original columns with 49 issues.

On December 23, 2020, China Forum held a seminar titled “Effective Approaches to Voicing China’s Views on Foreign Media,” which was chaired by HAN Hua, Member of the Executive Committee of China Forum, and attended by leading scholars and media experts including ZHANG Lirong, Secretary-General of China Forum, ZHOU Bo, Fellow at CISS and China Forum Expert, DING Yifan, Vice Chairman of the China Society of World Economics and China Forum Expert, Harvey Dzodin, former Vice President of ABC Television and Senior Advisor to the Center for National Image of Tsinghua University, and Jake Haselkorn, Consultant to CCTV and China Daily and former Beijing Bureau Chief for ABC News.

On December 3-4, a virtualconference themed “World Order: what can and should it mean today?” was held by the Ditchley Foundation, where H.E. DAI Bingguo, Special Guest of China Forum and former State Councilor, delivered a speech at the opening plenary session. More than 80 former dignitaries, senior diplomats, experts and scholars, entrepreneurs and media commentators from 17 countries and regions including Dr. Kissinger attended the webinar.

On December 2, 2020, H.E. Dr. YUE Xiaoyong attended the TRT World Forum 2020 under the theme “Shifting Dynamics: The International Order in a Post-Pandemic World.” He made a written presentation titled “Upholding the Trend of Peace and Development, Forging Multilateralism, and Promoting Solidarity and Cooperation”, and participated online in the Expert Roundtable on “Great Power Competition in the Balkans.” H.E. Dr. Yue is a China Forum Expert of Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University and former Ambassador of China to Qatar, Jordan and Ireland.

On November 12, 2020, TANG Xiaoyang, China Forum expert, Resident Scholar of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy and Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University, attended the “Towards Harmonized Approaches for Financing Green Development” online close-door roundtable discussion held by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The discussion was chaired by Dr. Ian Anthony, Programme Director of SIPRI.

On November 4, 2020, Professor Di Dongsheng, Vice Dean of the School of International Relations at Renmin University of China, and a China Forum expert, participated in the 2020 “Dialogue of Continents” online conference. The session “A New Geopolitical Order?" which Professor Di took part in was also attended by Henry Farrell, Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, International Advisor at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and former Prime Minister of Georgia, and Jonathan Hackenbroich, fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. The participants discussed the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on globalization, the post-pandemic world order, the role of central governments, and major challenges for the future, among other topics.

On October 16, 2020, Ms. Tang Bei, Associate Researcher from Shanghai International Studies University, and a China Forum expert, attended a roundtable discussion on “Living with the COVID-19” organized by a leading British think tank, the Ditchley Foundation, The discussion touched upon national anti-epidemic initiatives, the global development trend of COVID-19 and its geopolitical and economic impact.

On September 28, 2020, The Lanting Forum themed “International Order and Global Governance in the Post-COVID-19 Era” was held in Beijing. The event was organized by the China Public Diplomacy Association and Nizami Ganjavi International Center with sponsors including the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University (CISS), Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding at Peking University, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China, and Huanqiu.com. H.E. Wang Yi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister, delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony. Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also addressed the forum. Around 100 Chinese and foreign experts and scholars attended the event, including Dr. Margaret Chan, former WHO Director-General and Dean of the Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University, and Mme. Fu Ying, Chair of CISS.

The China Forum of Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University (CISS) invited domestic and foreign experts to attend small-scaled interior seminar on September 26th, with the in-depth discussion of Chinese international image construction and international communication. Special experts and executive members of China Forum, academic committee members of CISS and foreign experts from United States, Europe and Australia participated in the seminar.

On July 8, 2020, H.E. Yue Xiaoyong, a China Forum expert and former Chinese ambassador to Qatar, Jordan and Ireland, attended the "Redefined Stability" webinar (E-Policy Circle series) held by the Beirut Institute. The webinar was chaired by Raghida Dergham, Founder and Executive Chairman of Beirut Institute. Sir John Sawers, former MI6 Chief, Brett Mcgurk, former Special Presidential Envoy for the U.S. campaign against the Islamic State and Rania Al-Mashat, Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation, also participated in the discussion.

On December 21, 2019, China Forum，Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University (CISS), held its Year-end Summary Meeting and Communication Seminar. About 20 experts and scholars were invited to attend. The meeting started with an introduction of China Forum and its efforts in 2019 followed by comments and suggestions from the participants. A special discussion on managing and improving communication with the outside world was also conducted at the meeting.