
From May 13th to 14th, Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament hosted the Fourth Wanshou Dialogue on Global Security, themed "Universal Security in a Turbulent World: The Responsibility of Major Countries". Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), attended the event and delivered a keynote speech. Lu Kang, Vice-minister of the IDCPC, presided over the opening ceremony. More than 50 international security experts from over 30 countries, including Pino Arlacchi, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Andrey Kortunov, former director general of the Russian International Affairs Council, Benny Octaviar, former head of Indonesian Military Research Center, Douglas Bandow, a special assistant to former US president Ronald Reagan and a senior research fellow at the Cato Institute, and Zizi Kodwa, a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) and former Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture of South Africa, attended the event.
The participants had in-depth discussion over 4 topics, namely“Pressing Issues of Global Security” “The Responsibility of Major Countries Amidst Once in a Century Transformations” “Major Country Relations and Security in the Asia Pacific” and “Pathways to Universal Security”, and reached lots of consensus.