2026.06.29
On June 23–24, 2026, the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament (CPAPD) and the Arsenault Family Foundation of the United States jointly organized the "2026 China-U.S. Scholars Dialogue" and the "10th China-U.S. Civil Peace Forum" in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Pronvince. As a partner of the U.S. side, Grandview Institution participated in organizing the events.
Chinese Participants:
Lu Kang — Vice Minister of the International Department of the the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC)
Yao Qin — Former Deputy Director of the Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission
Yang Jiemian — Director and Senior Fellow of the Academic Advisory Committee, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS)
Fu Xiaoqiang — President of the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)
Wang Yingchun — Deputy Director of the Seventh Bureau, International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC)
Huang Renwei — Honorary President of the Shanghai Association of American Studies
Zhou Qi — Dean and Professor of the Institute of Global Governance and Development, Renmin University of China
Zhao Mei — Research Fellow at the Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
U.S. Participants:
Howard Dean, Former Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), former Governor of Vermont (online)
Marcel Arsenault, CEO & Founder of the Arsenault Family Foundation of the United States
Laura Stone, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, and former Senior Director for China Affairs at the National Security Council
David Rank, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; former Chargé d'Affaires (acting Ambassador) at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing
James Shinn, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian & Pacific Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense
Mark Lambert, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Amy Celico, Executive Director, Schwarzman Scholars Program; Chief Executive Officer, Stephan A Schwarzman Education Foundation
Bates Gill, Senior Fellow, National Bureau of Asian Research, and former Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Jessica Chen Weiss, Professor of China Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
Rosie Levine, Executive Director, US-China Education Trust
