The media briefing of the 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum is held on September 4, 2024 in Beijing. Photo: Wang Qi/GT

The 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum has made new breakthroughs in level, scale and representativeness of participants, which fully demonstrates openness and inclusiveness of China by providing such a platform of dialogue on equal footing, organizers said at a press briefing on Wednesday. 

The 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, a high-level security conference, will be convened at the Beijing International Convention Center from September 12 to 14.

During the press briefing, Wu Jiangang, head of the comprehensive coordination group of the forum's preparatory committee, told media that the preparatory work is progressing steadily. 

According to Wu, as of Tuesday, more than 500 representatives of official delegations from more than 90 countries and international organizations, in addition to more than 200 Chinese and foreign experts and scholars, have confirmed their attendance at the forum, making new breakthroughs in terms of the level, scale and representativeness of participants. 

The International Committee of the Red Cross, Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia, NATO, EU, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation will also arrange for representatives to attend the forum. 

The forum will put into practice the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable global security, and serve as an important platform for promoting the implementation of the Global Security Initiative and building a global community of shared future. 

According to organizers, while continuing to provide a platform for equal dialogue and collective voice for developing countries and small and medium-sized countries, the forum also expanded the participation of developed countries and emerging powers, which injects impetus for strengthening South-South cooperation and promoting North-South cooperation.

The US placed unprecedented focus on the forum, sending a deputy assistant secretary of defense, Wu said. He added that former Chinese ambassador Cui Tiankai and the US State Department's former top China policy official Rick Waters will also be attending.

Different from the Shangri-La Dialogue, which always dominated by the US and the West narratives, the Beijing Xiangshan Forum provides an open and inclusive platform for dialogue and exchanges among all parties in the international community, which outlined China's image as a responsible major power, Wu told the Global Times.