On 18 July 2016, NISCSS President Wu Shicun attended the “Conference on the South China Sea arbitration: Its Legal, Political and Security Implications”, which was co-organized by Taiwan Normal University and Taiwan Ocean University in Taipei. Wu chaired the panel on the legal implications of the South China Sea arbitration.

Present at the conference were more than 30 experts and scholars from China, the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia.

This conference lasted two days and the participants conducted in-depth discussion on the legal, political and security implications of the South China Sea arbitration.

During the conference, Wu was also interviewed by Want Daily.