On 12-16 September 2015, NISCSS President Wu Shicun attended the first conference under the program entitled “Partnership for Regional Peace: Operationalising ASEAN-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in Southeast Asia” in Jakarta, Indonesia. President Wu delivered a speech at the opening ceremony and chaired the discussion of ASEAN-China Working Group on Code of Conduct in the South China Sea.

      This conference was co-organized by NISCSS and CSIS Indonesia. Besides ASEAN-China Working Group on Code of Conduct in the South China Sea, there were also ASEAN-China Working Group on Joint Cooperation/Activities and Sustainability in the South China Sea, ASEAN-China Working Group on Maritime Security and Safety, and ASEAN-China Working Group on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea vis-à-vis the Historic Right of China. Participants included about 60 experts and scholars from China and ten ASEAN countries.