On the afternoon of April 23, 2026, Paul Evans, Professor Emeritus at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, visited the Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS), Peking University (PKU).

Other participants in the discussion included Yuan Ming, Senior Advisor at IISS, PKU and Honorary Dean of the Yenching Academy; Fan Shiming, Associate Dean of the Yenching Academy and Professor at the School of International Studies (SIS); Professor Zha Daojiong at SIS, PKU; Li Chen, Senior Research Fellow at IISS, PKU and Deputy Dean of the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China; Associate Professor Wu Shengqi at the School of English for Specific Purposes, Beijing Foreign Studies University; Dong Yikun and Guo Xinyi, Lecturers at the School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University; Associate Professor Liu Ying at the Institute of International Relations (IIR), China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU); Li Mingze and Song Tianyang, Lecturers at IIR, CFAU; Xu Yanzhuo, Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; and Zhao Jianwei, Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Assistant Research Fellow at SIS, PKU.

The meeting was chaired by Professor Fan Shiming, who first delivered welcoming remarks on behalf of the host, extending a sincere welcome to Professor Paul Evans and his delegation. In the keynote session that followed, Professor Evans shared forward-looking reflections focused primarily on the outlook for China-Canada interaction amid the transformation of major-power relations. During the open discussion, the participating scholars engaged in an in-depth exchange on topics including China-Canada relations within the world order, China-U.S. strategic competition, and the prospects for multilateral cooperation.

Editor: Li Fangqi  Photo by: Zheng Huaizhou