On April 26, 2021, the project “CPC History Lectures” was launched by the CPC Committee of the China International Chamber of Commerce for the Private Sector (CICCPS) in collaboration with ten national civil society organizations in China. Professor YU Hongjun, former Vice Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a China Forum Expert, was the inaugural speaker of the lecture series, addressing a 150-strong audience on “The Evolution of the Landscape of World Political Parties and Foreign Relations of the Communist Party of China.” Mr. WANG Yanguo, Secretary of the CPC Committee of CICCPS, presided over the event.

​On April 26, 2021, Green Development & Cooperation: Global Joint Efforts and Pathways to Carbon Neutral was jointly held by the China Forum under Tsinghua University’s Center for International Security and Strategy, Hainan Green Finance Research Institute, and Central University of Finance and Economics, bringing together more than 10 heavyweights from academia and industry at home and abroad, including China Forum Secretary General Mr. ZHANG Lirong and Executive Committee Member Professor HAN Hua.

On April 25, 2021, the Green Development Forum and the Seminar on The Road to Carbon Neutrality (Domestic Sub-Forum) was held in Beijing by the China Forum under Tsinghua University’s Center for International Security and Strategy, Hainan Green Finance Research Institute, and Central University of Finance and Economics, bringing together over 50 heavyweights from government, academia and industry.

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 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 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.