From April 24 to 26, 2026, the 2026 Annual Academic Conference of the Chinese Society of International Law was successfully held in Shanghai. Under the theme of 'Upholding the International Rule of Law and Improving Global Governance,' this year's conference focused on important topics including global governance, the peaceful settlement of international disputes, and the development of international law in emerging fields, and publicly issued the 'Statement Calling on All Countries to Abide by International Law and Oppose the Illegal Use of Force,' reaffirming the importance of safeguarding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.

Professor Gao Fei, President of our university, was invited to deliver a keynote report to the plenary session entitled 'Responding to Once-in-a-Century Changes in the World and Advancing the Improvement of Global Governance.' Closely integrated with the current international situation, the report profoundly elaborated on China's philosophy and practice in advancing the improvement of the global governance system against the backdrop of accelerating changes in the world situation. Qi Dahai, Director-General of the MFA Department of Treaty and Law, and Yu Ning, Director-General of the MOFCOM Department of Treaty and Law, delivered keynote reports entitled 'International Law in Global Governance Transformation and New Developments in China's Diplomatic Treaty and Law Work' and 'Strengthening Foreign-Related Rule-of-Law Development in the Commercial Field to Contribute Chinese Wisdom to Improving the Global Rule of Law' respectively. Professor Xu Junke, Vice President of the Chinese Society of International Law, chaired the plenary report session.

This year's annual conference featured a rich agenda: three plenary reports, five thematic seminars, twelve panel discussions, five youth forums (including the first Forum of Overseas Young Chinese International Law Scholars), and four thematic side events. Professor Yi Xianhe, Professor Zhang Aining, Associate Professor Zhang Hua, Associate Professor Wang Jia, Associate Professor Yan Wenjun, Associate Professor Song Yan, and faculty members Yang Yun, Chen Nanrui and Wang Jiayu of our university participated in discussions on multiple topics, and a number of our doctoral and master's students attended the conference.

Founded in 1980, the Chinese Society of International Law is a national first-level society under the administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, with its secretariat located at China Foreign Affairs University. Professor Zhang Aining, Vice President and Secretary-General of the Society, led Secretary-General's office staff member Zhang Xin, Associate Professor Yan Wenjun and Associate Professor Wang Jia of the Department of International Law, and faculty member Tang Zihui in directly participating in the preparation and organization of this year's annual conference. The successful holding of the conference further demonstrated our university's academic influence in the field of international law and injected new momentum into the University's service to the country's foreign-related rule-of-law development and the cultivation of urgently needed foreign-related rule-of-law talent.