Zhang Lirong, Secretary-General of  China Forum,  Tsinghua University’s Center for International Security and Strategy, participated in the online debate ‘Europe, Asia and their post-pandemic future’ hosted by Friends of Europe. He observed ‘China and EU, Asia and EU should play a bigger role on the international arena. ASEM which represents more than half of the world GDP and 60% of the world population and trade should be one of the major cornerstones of the global governance in the future.’