On June 14 local time, Going Underground on RT aired an interview with Eric Li, Vice Chairman of the China Forum, where he shared his views on current Chinese issues of interest.

One year after the China-India border skirmish in the Galwan Valley, Senior Colonel ZHOU Bo (ret) gave an interview to the BBC to explain China’s position. Colonel Zhou is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University, a China Forum Expert and former Director of the Centre for Security Cooperation at the Office for International Military Cooperation, Ministry of National Defense.

On the morning of May 11, 2021, a workshop themed “Real Images · Real Xinjiang” was held in Beijing by the China Forum under the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University and Beijign InHope Pictures Co., Ltd. The event brought together close to 30 participants from academia, the China Forum, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, media, and Tsinghua University.

On May 7, 2021, a book talk on Coevolutionary Pragmatism: Approaches and Impacts of China-Africa Economic Cooperation by TANG Xiaoyang was held in the Dalio Auditorium, Schwarzman College. Tang is a China Forum Expert, Resident Scholar at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, and Associate Professor of International Relations at Tsinghua University. H. E. Mr. Rahamtalla M. Osman, Permanent Representative of the African Union to China, attended the event, which was jointly organized by the China Forum under the Center for International Security and Strategy, the Department of International Relations, and the Graduate Student Union of the School of Social Sciences, all at Tsinghua University. Ms. HAN Hua, Executive Committee Member of the China Forum, presided over the session.

On April 22 and 23, a conference titled “Global finance, states and societies: how can finance be one of the heroes of a green recovery from the great pandemic?” was held online by the Ditchley Foundation, a China Forum partner, convening more than 60 participants from around the world for discussions on the future of the UK as a financial center after Brexit, climate change and pandemic recovery, financial regulation in the digital age, and how global finance can be more resilient to face shocks without stifling innovation and investment. The Chinese panel included YU Xiang, Research Fellow at Tsinghua University’s Center for International Security and Strategy and Senior Researcher at the Research Institute of China Construction Bank, and GONG Jiong, China Forum Expert and Professor of Economics at the University of International Business and Economics.

On April 16, 2021, the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies (RUSI) held a webinar themed “Navigating the Indo-Pacific: Russia and China”, bringing together an international panel of Chinese and Russian academics, including ZHAO Huasheng, Professor, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University/China Forum Expert; LI Chen, Research Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University/ Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Renmin University of China; Alexander Gabuev, Senior Fellow, Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program, Carnegie Moscow Center; and Artyom Lukin, Associate Professor, Far Eastern Federal University, among others. The panel took a deep dive into issues around the China-Russia partnership.

On April 9, 2021, the Dialogue on China-Europe Relations was jointly held by the China Forum under the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University and The European House – Ambrosetti. H.E. WU Hongbo, former UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Chinese Government on European Affairs, and H.E. Romano Prodi, former President of the European Commission and former Prime Minister of Italy, were invited to deliver keynote speeches on the current China-Europe relations.

On March 31, 2021, a debate themed “Dual circulation: China’s place on the global stage” was co-organized by the Chinese Mission to the EU and Friends of Europe, looking at the “dual circulation” model and its impact for China, Asia and Europe on trade and geopolitical relations. Among the participant was Dr. HUANG Ping, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Director of the Center for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and a China Forum expert.

On March 26th, the Munich Security Conference hosted a virtual roundtable on global health cooperation, bringing together more than 30 experts from WHO, UNICEF, the European Commission, GAVI the Vaccine Alliance and other organizations. Ms. TANG Bei, a China Forum Expert and Associate Fellow at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Shanghai International Studies University was one of the participants.

On March 26th, Professor. WANG Fan gave a lecture themed “Biden Administration and China-US Relations: Competitive Coexistence and New Balance” to about 100 students majored in foreign affairs and area studies at Shanghai International Studies University. Professor Wang is Vice President of China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU), and Expert of the China Forum under the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University. The lecture was jointly organized by the Shanghai Academy of Global Governance and Area Studies and CISS’s China Forum.

On March 26th, Mr. ZHANG Baijia gave a lecture themed “History and Lessons of the Chinese Communist Party’s Engagement with the US” to about 100 students in foreign affairs and area studies at Shanghai International Studies University. Mr. Zhang is former Deputy Director of the Party History Research Center of the CPC Central Committee, a member of the Academic Committee of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University, and a China Forum Expert. The lecture was jointly organized by the Shanghai Academy of Global Governance and Area Studies and CISS’s China Forum.