On July 6, 2021, the 21stChina-ROK Elite Forum co-sponsored by the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) and the 21stCentury Korea-China Leaders Society (21C KCLS) was successfully 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, who delivered opening remarks. Mr. Cai Wu, former Cultural Minister of China and Yun Byungse, 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 “Future of Northeast Asian Situation and Regional Cooperation” and “China-ROK Cooperation in the Post-Pandemic Era ”.

About 20 delegates attended the forum. The Chinese delegation includes Amb. Ning Fukui, former Chinese Ambassador to ROK, Dr. Zhao Jinping, researcher of the Research Department of Foreign Economic Relations of Development Research Center of the State Council, Prof. Jiang Ruiping, former Vice President of the China Foreign Affairs University, and other experts from the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations and the Peking University. The ROK delegation includes Lee Taeshik, former ROK Ambassador to the U.S., Park Joonwoo，Vice Chairman of 21C KCLS and former Director-General of the Sejong Institute，Shin Wonsik, National Assembly Member of the People Power Party, and former government officials as well as professors from universities.