
The Mainland Affairs Council entrusted the National Defense and Security Research Institute to organize a seminar on the 20th, inviting Wu Zhaoxie and scholars from the United States, Germany, Japan, South Korea and other countries to gather in Taipei to discuss China's politics and economy and the cross-strait situation.
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In order to conduct in-depth discussions on the development of the situation in China, the Mainland Affairs Council regularly entrusts relevant institutions to hold international seminars.
The Mainland Affairs Council stated today (19th) that in order to conduct an in-depth discussion of China’s political, economic, scientific and technological development, external relations, regional security and cross-strait relations, it entrusted the National Defense and Security Research Institute to organize an international seminar on "Mainland China’s Development Trends and Impacts under International Political and Economic Changes" at the Far Eastern Shangri-La International Hotel in Taipei on October 20.
The Mainland Affairs Council stated today (19th) that in order to conduct an in-depth discussion of China’s political, economic, scientific and technological development, external relations, regional security and cross-strait relations, it entrusted the National Defense and Security Research Institute to organize the "International Conference on China's Development in a Risky Global Order: Trends and Impacts" at the Far Eastern Shangri-La International Hotel in Taipei on October 20.
The Mainland Affairs Council stated that this seminar will be opened by Secretary-General Joseph Wu of the National Security Council and will invite overseas scholars in relevant fields to participate in the seminar, including Randall Schriver, Chairman of the Indo-Pacific Security Institute, who will deliver a keynote speech, Roy Kamphausen, a senior researcher at the National Bureau of Asian Research, James Goodrich, a senior researcher at the Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation at the University of California, and a senior technology consultant at the RAND Corporation. Goodrich), Renato Cruz De Castro, distinguished professor of the International Studies Department of De La Salle University in the Philippines, Sven Bernhard Gareis, honorary professor of the University of Münster in Germany, Park Byung-gwang, chief researcher of the National Security Strategy Institute of South Korea, Fukuda Madoka, professor of international politics at the Faculty of Law of Hosei University in Japan, and many important domestic experts and scholars will also attend the meeting.
The Mainland Affairs Council pointed out that the Communist Party of China is about to hold the "5th Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China", and the outside world is paying attention to the impact of the Communist Party of China's party and government and China's economic and technological development on cross-strait relations and regional situations. Through the observation and analysis of scholars and experts from various countries in this international seminar, it will help to understand the situation and future trends in China and promote the international community's attention to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
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