On December 2, 2020, the 20th China-ROK Elite Forum co-sponsored by the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) and the 21th Century Korea-China Leaders Society (21C KCLS) was successful held online. The Chinese and Korean delegations were respectively headed by Mr. Wang Chao, President of CPIFA and Mr. Kim Hankyu, Chairman of 21C KCLS. Amb. Fu Ying, Former Vice Foreign Minister of China and Chair of the Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University and Song Minsoon , Former Foreign Minister of ROK delivered keynote speeches at the opening ceremony. Delegates of the two sides had candid and in-depth discussion on the topics of “Northeast Asian Order and Situation of the Korean Peninsula after the U.S. Presidential Election”and “Strengthening China-ROK Economic Cooperation in the Post-Pandemic Era ”.
About 30 delegates attended the forum. The Chinese delegation includes Amb. Ning Fukui, Former Chinese Ambassador to ROK, Amb. Zhan Yongxin, Former Chinese Ambassador to Israel, Prof. Chen Wenling, Chief Economist of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, Prof. Jiang Ruiping, Professor and Former Vice President of the China Foreign Affairs University, Prof. Bi Jiyao, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Macroeconomic Research, and other experts from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, the PLA Academy of Military Science, and the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations. The ROK delegation includes National Assembly Members of the Minjoo Party and the People Power Party, former ambassadors, as well as professors from universities.