The 2025 China-U.S. People-to-People Dialogue opened on Sunday in Los Angeles, with participants emphasizing the crucial role of people-to-people exchanges in promoting stable bilateral relations.
This three-day event, co-organized by the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (NCUSCR), was designed to provide a constructive space for experts, scholars, and practitioners from both countries to exchange views, share experiences, and explore practical ways to strengthen mutual understanding and trust at the societal level, according to a press release from the center.
With the theme “Bridging the Cultural and Information Gap”, the dialogue covers a wide range of topics, including higher education, artificial intelligence, pop culture, social media, and the Chinese-American community, with the participation of more than 30 experts from academic, business, technological, and cultural fields.
This marks the third consecutive year the dialogue has been held, following the editions in New York in 2023 and Beijing in 2024.
At a press conference preceding the dialogue, Yang Bin, Vice President of the Council of Tsinghua University, stated that the 2025 dialogue aims to explore new avenues and mechanisms for exchanges between the peoples of the two countries, deepen mutual understanding and trust, and help foster a rational and constructive public opinion environment in the United States.
He emphasized that this year’s dialogue introduced an innovative “group dialogue+” format, building on the first two editions. This format includes plenary discussions, group sessions, field visits, and exchanges with international students, with the goal of offering more diverse perspectives, more targeted themes, and deeper dialogue outcomes.
For his part, NCUSCR President Stephen Orlins stressed that people-to-people exchanges between Americans and Chinese must be strengthened. “What we are trying to do this time is to reflect on the obstacles hindering people-to-people exchanges and see if we can make productive suggestions to both governments to facilitate these exchanges,” he remarked.
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