The Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) and the Munich Security Conference (MSC) co-hosted MSC Core Group Meeting in Beijing from 2 to 3 November, 2016. More than 100 participants and observers from government, academia, enterpreurs, media and international organizations had a candid and in-depth discussion on China as a Global Security Actor, Security in the Asia-Pacific, Non-traditional Security Threats in Asia and Beyond and the Geopolitics of the New Silkroad. Ambassador Wu Hailong, President of CPIFA attended all the sessions and chaired the opening ceremony, welcome banquet and farewell luncheon. Mr. Zhang Yesui, Vice Foreign Minister attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech. Mme. Fu Ying, Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), made a speech at the farewell luncheon. Over 30 Chinese participants including Mr. Jin Liqun, President of the Asian Investment and Infrastructure Bank (AIIB), Ambassador Mei Zhaorong, former President of CPIFA and Member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Group of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Maj. Gen. Yao Yunzhu, Director of the Center on China-American Defence Relations, Academy of Military Sciences of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Maj. Gen. Gong Xianfu, Vice President of China Institute of International Strategic Studies, and representatives from MFA, Ministry of National Defence, China Institute of International Studies, China Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, Tsinghua University, Peking University and Renmin University and other Chinese think-tanks, as well as more than 60 foreign participants including Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman of MSC, Mme. Louise Mushikiwabo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Rwanda, Mr. Markus Ederer, Secretary of State of the German Foreign Ministry, Mr. Lundeg Purevsuren, former Foreign Minister of Mongolia, Ambassador Virasakdi Futrakul, Vice of Foreign Minister of Thailand, Gen. Cesar Yano, Undersecretary of Department of National Defence of the Philippines, Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, Vice Minister of National Defence of Vietnam, and Mr. Araz Azimov, Vice Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, attended the meeting.

After the meeting, Mr. Li Yuanchao, Vice President of China, met with the foreign participants at the Great Hall of the People.