On the afternoon of 6 July 2016 EST, NISCSS President Wu Shicun attended a media briefing on South China Sea in Washington, DC, which brought together over 50 people in the audience, including journalists from CCTV, People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, Foreign Policy, Associated Press and other media as well as scholars from relevant think tanks.

Wu made keynote speeches on the evolution of the South China Sea issues, China’s South China Sea policy and China's stance on the arbitration initiated by the Philippines. Wu emphasized the urgency and the necessity for China and the US to manage crisis, expand consensus and bolster cooperation. Wu also answered questions from the journalists.

The briefing was co-hosted by the NISCSS and Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China.