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The "Great Wall" forum was founded 10 years ago and aims to create an international brand for foreign exchanges with Chinese characteristics and the characteristics of the armed police force.
China News Service, Beijing, October 15 (Reporter Li Chun) The "Great Wall-2026" international anti-terrorism forum organized by the Chinese People's Armed Police Force concluded in Beijing on the 15th.
Focusing on the theme of "Promoting Practical Cooperation in Counter-Terrorism and Jointly Protecting Our Beautiful Homeland", this forum brought together more than 320 Chinese and foreign experts in the field of counter-terrorism and front-line officers and soldiers from 62 countries and international organizations to discuss the counter-terrorism situation, study and deal with problems, discuss international cooperation, and share practical experience.
During the three-day meeting, the representatives focused on the current new situation and challenges of terrorism, shared counter-terrorism work concepts, exchanged practical experience in counter-terrorism, explored cutting-edge counter-terrorism technologies, and envisioned the vision for counter-terrorism cooperation in a collision of ideas. They also reached broad consensus and gathered momentum for cooperation through multi-level discussions and exchanges, visits to unmanned equipment, and viewing of training course displays.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of the "Great Wall" Forum. On the basis of building an international brand for foreign exchanges with Chinese characteristics and the characteristics of the Armed Police Force in previous editions, this forum focuses on changes in the times, changes in opponents, and changes in technology, highlighting practical orientation and problem orientation, tracking the impact of AI technology on combating and preventing terrorism, and conducting systematic discussions in the form of "high-level forum + professional forum + special forum" to build an all-round multi-level dialogue platform covering "strategy-battle-tactics".

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