April 26, 2026

A symposium themed on "Further refutation of the illegal South China Sea arbitration award" was held in Shanghai on Sunday, bringing together several Chinese international law scholars to conduct an in-depth legal critique of the award and systematically examine its unlawful nature and real-world harm.

At the symposium, Wu Shicun, chairman of the Huayang Institute for Research on Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance, and chairman of the board of directors of the China-Southeast Asia Research Center on the South China Sea, called for continued rebuttal of the award through more diverse, forceful and effective means, to foster a sound political and public opinion environment for regional cooperation and governance.

This year is the 10th year of the fabrication of this arbitration award. On July 12, 2016, the so-called "final award" in the South China Sea arbitration, unilaterally initiated by the Philippines, was announced, which disregarded the basic facts of the South China Sea and fundamental principles of international law, and severely undermined the international legal order as well as regional peace and stability, participants at the symposium said.

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