BEIJING, July 10 -- The 8th International Defense Forum hosted by the National Defense University (NDU) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) kicked off in Beijing recently. More than 200 military and civilian scholars from nearly 100 countries participated in the forum. Under the theme of "International Security Cooperation amid Interweaving Turbulence and Changes", the forum focused on three topics including the 80th anniversary of the founding of the UN and maintaining world peace, international and regional security amid interweaving turmoil, and new paths and initiatives for global and regional security governance.

Through forms such as keynote speeches, sub-topic presentations, group discussions, and plenary discussions and interactions, the participants had exchanges on the joint promotion of peaceful development, artificial intelligence (AI) and future warfare, Global Security Initiative (GSI), China's solutions to global security challenges, and other topics.