On October 21, the Fifth Meeting of China-Canada Track Two Dialogue and the Seminar on the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between China and Canada, cohosted by the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) and the China Institute of University of Alberta (CIUA), was held online successfully. The Chinese and Canadian delegations were headed respectively by Mr. Wang Chao, President of the CPIFA, and Professor Gordon Houlden, Director of the CIUA. Both sides had candid and in-depth discussions on the topics of “Fifty Years of Diplomatic Ties Between China and Canada: Experience and Inspiration” and “The Future of China-Canada Relations: Cooperation in the Post-pandemic Era”. His Excellency Mr. Cong Peiwu, Chinese Ambassador to Canada, and His Excellency Mr. Dominic Barton, Canadian Ambassador to China, attended the meeting and delivered remarks.

The participants on the Chinese side include Dr. Qiu Yuanping, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC, former Minister of the State Council's Office for Overseas Chinese Affairs and former Executive Deputy Director (Minister) of the Central Office on Foreign Affairs, Lieu. General Chen Xiaogong, former Deputy Commander of Air Force of Chinese People’s Liberation Amy, Mr. Zhou Mingwei, former Director of China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration and former Vice Minister of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, Amb. Zhao Weiping, Vice President of the CPIFA, Amb. Zhang Junsai, former Chinese Ambassador to Canada, Mr. Jiang Shan, former Director General of the Department of American and Oceanian Affairs of Ministry of Foreign Economic and Trade. On the Canadian side, Mr. Lloyd Axworthy, former Canadian Foreign Minister, Amb. Robert Wright, former Canadian Ambassador to China, Amb. Gordon Venner, former Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence, Ms. Susan Gregson, former Assistant Deputy Minister of Global Affairs Canada, Ms. Wang Jia, Deputy Director of the CIUA, Mr. Ron MacIntosh, former Director General of the Department of Strategic Planning, and Coordination of Global Affairs Canada, and Mr. Colin Robertson, Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, attended the meeting.