From 2-3 December 2014, NISCSS President Wu Shicun attended the 2014 China Forum for South China Sea Studies hosted by the Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies of Nanjing University. President Wu delivered a keynote speech entitled “Challenges, Difficulties and Countermeasures China Faces in the South China Sea in New Era”, expounding how to build China into a maritime power, how to build the maritime silk road in the 21st century, the role of ASEAN and big powers in the South China Sea dispute, and the building of regional order in Asia-Pacific.