On the morning of December 11, 2024, experts from the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) visited the Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS), Peking University (PKU) and attend a discussion titled “China’s Engagement in International Mediation: Promoting Peace and Managing Conflict.”

Participants included: Thomas Greminger, Executive Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP); Linda Maduz, Head of Asia Programme at GCSP; Alexandra Matas, Head of the Global Fellowship Initiative and International Security Dialogue at GCSP; Wang Zheng, Director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Seton Hall University and the Boeing Visiting Chair in International Relations at the Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University; Zhou Bo, Research Fellow at the Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University; Liang Yabin, Professor at the Institute for International Strategic Studies, the Party School of the Communist Party of China Central Committee; Li Chen, Vice Dean of the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China; Guan Guihai, Executive Vice President of IISS, PKU; Gui Yongtao, Vice President of IISS, PKU; Associate Prof. Li Tingting at the School of Foreign Languages, PKU; and Assistant Prof. Lv Xiaoyu at the School of International Studies, PKU.

The experts engaged in in-depth discussions on the issues related to the security landscape in Europe and Northeast Asia, as well as China’s role in promoting international peace.

Editor: Li Fangqi

Photographer: Zheng Peijie