On April 16, the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) held a Video Dialogue on China-US Relations with a group of US scholars headed by Amb. Robert Blackwill, former US Deputy National Security Advisor. The dialogue was co-chaired by Mr. Wang Chao, President of the CPIFA, and Amb. Blackwill.

The participants on the Chinese side include Mr. Wang Zaixi, former Vice Minister of Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee and former Vice President of Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, Amb. He Yafei, former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Vice Minister of Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, Major Gen. Yao Yunzhu, Academic Committee Member of Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University, Mr. Wang Shushen, Director of the Department of Taiwan-US Relations, Institute of Taiwan Studies at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Prof. Li Peng, Dean of Graduate Institute for Taiwan Studies at Xiamen University.

The participants on the US side include Mr. Stephen Hadley, former National Security Advisor, Mr. Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations and former Director of Policy Planning for the Department of State, Ms. Elizabeth Economy, senior fellow for China Studies of the Council on Foreign Relations, Prof. Philip Zelikow, professor of History at the University of Virginia, and Mr. Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, editor of Foreign Affairs.