The Third International Defense Forum hosted by the National Defense University (NDU) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) was held in Beijing on July 9, 2020. Foreign senior military officers, experts, and scholars from 84 countries attended the forum via online and offline channels to exchange views on international and regional security cooperation in the context of the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The two-day forum, which features the theme of "Global Anti-pandemic fight and International Security Cooperation", involves three sessions, including "The Impact of the COVID-19 on National/International Security", "Experience and Practice of Anti-pandemic Fight in Countries in the World" and "The Future of International Security Cooperation in Post-coronavirus Era". Sixteen experts in economy, science and technology, medical, military affairs, international politics and other fields were invited to give individual speeches.
Professor Wang Dong, Executive Director of Institute for Global Cooperation and Undersanding (iGCU), was invited to deliver a keynote speech. He shared his views on the theme of "Centenary Great Change, the covid-19 pandemic and the role of technology".
Note: News from China Military Online and iGCU are referenced in this article.
Link: http://eng.mod.gov.cn/news/2020-07/10/content_4867933.htm
https://www.igcu.pku.edu.cn/info/1010/2387.htm
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