The 18th Annual Conference of Valdai International Debate Club was held in Sochi, Russia from October 18th to 21st, local time. Zhou Bo, CISS senior fellow and a China Forum Expert, attended the meeting online and at the first meeting "Is the epidemic a new world war or a prelude to it?" gived a speech. Zhou Bo said that the world is undergoing a great change that has not happened in a hundred years, and no change in the 21st century is more important than the rise of China. Faced with the competition initiated by the United States, today's China is in a more advantageous position in shaping the environment and avoiding war.