On December 17, 2021, Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Jianghao attended the opening ceremony of the eighth Forum of Northeast Asia Peace and Development hosted by the China Foundation for International Studies and delivered a speech. Wu Jianghao introduced China's surrounding situation and neighborhood diplomacy, and encouraged participating experts and scholars to strengthen forward-looking research, adhere to the problem-oriented principle, break new ground, and actively contribute to the major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

The forum, themed "Major-country Relations and the Future of Northeast Asia", was attended by dozens of experts and scholars from authoritative domestic research institutions.