On December 1, the First Meeting of the China-New Zealand Track Two Dialogue?cohosted by the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) and the?New Zealand China Council (NZCC)?, was held online successfully.?The Chinese and New Zealand?delegations were headed ?respectively by Mr. Wang Chao, President of the CPIFA, and Amb. John McKinnon, Chair?of the NZCC. The two?sides had candid and in-depth discussions on the issues regarding China-New Zealand?relations.?H.E. Wang Xiaolong, Ambassador of China to New Zealand, and H.E. Clare Fearnley, Ambassador of New Zealand to China, delivered?congratulaory remarks at the dialogue.

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The attendees on the Chinese side include:?Gen.?Tang Yongsheng, Deputy Director of Institute for National Security of the National Defense University?of the PLA, Amb. Chen Mingming, former Ambassador of China to New Zealand, Prof. Lin Zhenyi, Director General of the Department of Scientific Research of China National Academy of Governance, Mr. Ding Yifan, researcher and former Vice Director?of World Development Research Institute of Development Research Center of the State Council, Mr. Shi Ding, CPIFA Council Member and Executive Editor-in-Chief of Huanqiu.com, Mr. Li Kai, Director?of?Institute for Southeast Asia and Oceania Studies at China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, Prof. Chen Hong, Director?of?New Zealand Studies Center of East China?Normal University.

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The attendees on the New Zealand?side include:?Mr. Robert Ayson, Professor of Victoria University of Wellington, Ms. Marion Crawshaw, former High Commissioner?to Solomon Islands?and Papua New Guinea?and Senior Fellow?of?Centre for Strategic Studies?of Victoria University of Wellington, Prof. Jason Young, Director of New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre?of Victoria University of Wellington, Ms. Fran O’Sullivan, Member of the NZCC?and journalist of New Zealand Herald, Mr. Alex Tan, Professor of University of Canterbury, Mr. Alistair Crozier, Executive Director?of the NZCC and former Consul-General of New Zealand to Chengdu.