Recently, the outside world has paid great attention to the convening of the Beijing Xiangshan Forum. Next, let's learn about the origin of this forum. Initially, it was initiated in 2006 by the Chinese Society for Science and Technology as a platform for Track 2 dialogue on security in the Asia-Pacific region.
At that time, a total of 24 foreign representatives from 14 countries participated. For the next six years, the Xiangshan Forum will be held every two years. However, since the fifth Xiangshan Forum, that is, since 2014, it has been upgraded to one and a half tracks, and the positions of the participants have been significantly improved.
These people are mainly leaders of ministries of defense or armed forces, representatives of international organizations, former military and political leaders, and well-known scholars from relevant countries in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. This forum has become an important platform for exchanges and interactions between Chinese and foreign defense experts and scholars.
The 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum will be held in Beijing on October 26, and official delegations from more than 90 countries, regions and international organizations, including Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Iran, have been confirmed to attend.
Among them, there are more than 30 representatives at the level of defense minister and the general director of the armed forces.
The 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum was successfully held in Beijing with the theme of "Common Security and Lasting Peace". The forum will focus on the Global Security Initiative, with four plenary sessions and eight parallel breakout sessions, as well as thematic discussions such as "High-level Dialogue", "Dialogue between Chinese and Foreign Famous Scholars", "Seminar on Young Chinese and Foreign Officers and Scholars" and "Symposium on the Art of War".
One of the highlights of the forum was that the United States sent a delegation composed of Kales, senior director of China affairs in the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Shi Cande, former deputy assistant secretary of defense.
Although our new Minister of Defence has not yet been appointed, there are already representatives of our country who have attended and presided over the meeting.
A higher level of communication means a greater voice and more opportunities for interaction, and it remains up to the United States to decide whether it wants to continue to communicate at that level or maintain the status quo. ”
At the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing on 30 October, our representative was Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, who was 73 years old. Zhang Youxia and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu shook hands and hugged before the opening and walked into the venue side by side.
This shows the close high-level exchanges between China and Russia, and the relations between the two countries are at the highest level in history. Zhang Youxia said at the forum that we hope to cooperate with all teams on the basis of trust and deepen strategic cooperation and strategic coordination between the Chinese and Russian militaries.
The Russian Defense Minister will deliver a speech at the plenary session, which will be attended by high-level **, defense ministers and experts from Asia-Pacific and European countries.