On November 3-4, the Second PKU“Middle East Development Forum”hosted by School of Foreign Languages, Peking University, and organized by Department of Arabic Language and Culture, SFL, PKU and Middle East Research Center, PKU, was held in Peking University.

 

Senior diplomats, academics, and representatives from media and enterprises from China, the United States, Middle Eastern, and countries from other regions attended the Forum. Hao Ping, President of Peking University, attended the opening ceremony and met with guests and scholars before the meeting.

 

President of PKU H.E. Mr. Hao Ping and Ambassador of the Algeria to China H.E. Mr. Ahcene Boukhelfa attended the opening ceremony

 

 Dean of the School of Foreign Languages Prof. Ning Qi presided over the opening ceremony

 

 

Vice President of PKU Prof. Gong Qihuang delivered a speech at attended the opening ceremony

 

Ambassador of China-Arab Cooperation Forum H.E. Li Chengwen delivered a speech at the opening ceremony

 

 Ambassador of the Algeria to China H.E. Mr. Ahcene Boukhelfa delivered a speech at the opening ceremony

 

Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of China H.E. Yang Fuchang made a keynote speech at the opening ceremony

 

Former Senior Director for Middle East Affairs at the National Security Council, Professor of International Affairs and Asian Studies, School of International Affairs, the Pennsylvania State University Prof. Flynt L. Leverett made a keynote speech at the opening ceremony

 

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Topic One: Reconstruction and Refugee Issue in Syria and Iraq

 

Topic Two: China’s Cooperation with Gulf Arab Countries

 

Topic Three: Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and Development in the Middle East

 

Topic Four: Belt and Road Initiative and China’s Cooperation with Iran and Turkey

 

Topic Five: Energy, Finance and Investment in the Middle East

 

Topic Six: Belt and Road Initiative and Infrastructure Construction in the Middle East

 

Former China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue, former Chinese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Egypt H.E. Wu Sike made concluding remarks on the Forum