The Third Conference of CICA Non-Governmental Forum was successfully held from December 18 to 19, 2019 in Chongqing. The Conference was hosted by the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA), organized by the People’s Government of Chongqing Municipality, co-organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China and supported by China Public Diplomacy Association. Mr. Xia Baolong, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference,as the chairman of the Third Conference of CICA Non-Governmental Forum, attended the opening ceremony and plenary session and delivered a keynote speech. Chen Min’er,Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee and Tang Liangzhi, mayor of Chongqing, met with major representatives from home and abroad. President Wang Chao of CPIFA presided over the opening ceremony and plenary session，made opening remarks and hosted a luncheon for some of the guests. Vice President Li Huilai of CPIFA attended the opening ceremony, the plenary session and roundtable panel.

About 300 Chinese and foreign officials, experts, scholars, media representatives and foreign envoys from nearly 30 CICA member countries and observer countries attended the conference, including Chamal Rajapaksa, Minister of Mahaweli, Agriculture, Irrigation and Rural Development, State Minister for Defence and former Speaker of Parliament of Sri Lanka, Bhokin Bhalakula, former Speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand, Rashid Alimov, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Muratbek Imanaliev, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, Habibullo Mirzozoda, Executive Director of the Secretariat of the CICA. The conference was held with the theme of “A Vision for CICA: Building an Asian Community of Shared Destiny”. Besides the opening ceremony and plenary session, there are 5 roundtable panels around the topics of “Asia Security Cooperation: A Region in Transformation and Missions Ahead”，“Openness and Cooperation for Common Security—Jointly Build a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace”, “Comprehensive Connectivity”, “Green, Inclusive & Sustainable Asia”, “Strengthen Media Dialogue and Cooperation: Advocate the Asian Security Concept and Build a Community with a Shared Future for Asians”. The participants had in-depth exchange of views on enhancing dialogue and mutual trust among countries in the region, implementing the new vision of security featuring common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, deepening mutually beneficial cooperation and promoting peace, stability and development in Asia.   

The establishment of CICA Non-Governmental Forum is an important initiative launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping at CICA Shanghai Summit in May, 2014. The first and second conferences were successfully held in Beijing in 2015 and 2017.