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.

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.

On March 18-19, the Ditchley conference themed “Europe and the UK: building a new partnership after Brexit” was held. Mr. ZHANG Lirong, Secretary General of the China Forum under the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University, and Mr. GAO Jian, China Forum Expert, spoke at the international event.

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.