On February 28, the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) co-hosted the Meeting in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Shanghai Communiqué with the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government and the China-US People’s Friendship Association at the Jinjiang Hotel in Shanghai.

Mr. Li Qiang, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. Mr. Wang Yi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister, delivered a keynote speech via video. Mr. Wang Chao, President of the CPIFA, and Mr. Lin Songtian, President of the CPAFFC, attended the opening ceremony and delivered welcoming remarks. Mr. Qin Gang, Chinese Ambassador to the US, Dr. Kissinger, former US Secretary of State, and Mr. Jacob Lew, Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Committee on US-China Relations and former US Secretary of the Treasury, delivered remarks online or via video.

After the opening ceremony, Mr. Cui Tiankai, former Chinese Ambassador to the US, Madam Tang Wensheng, Advisor to the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, Mr. Stapleton Roy, former US Ambassador to China, Mr. Chas Freeman, former US Assistant Secretary of Defense, Mr. Bill Ford, Executive Chair of Ford Motor Company, Mr. Tong Jisheng, Chairman of Orient International (Holding) Co. Ltd, Mr. Wu Yun, Deputy General Manager of Nantong Zhenhua Heavy Equipment Manufacturing Co. Ltd, Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co. Ltd, Mr. Marshall Strabala, Chief Architect of the Shanghai Tower, Mr. Jeffrey Lehman, Executive Vice Chancellor of NYU Shanghai, and Prof. Chen Dongxiao, President of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, were interviewed respectively by Mr. Ji Xiaojun, Anchor of the China Global Television Network.

More than 700 people from different sectors of China and the US participated in the commemorative meeting online or in person. More than 20 Chinese and foreign media, including People’s Daily, Xinhua News Agency, China Central Television, Bloomberg News, Associated Press, ITAR-TASS, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Lianhe Zaobao, South China Morning Post and Phoenix Satellite TV, covered the event.