On June 2014 21-22, CO sponsored by Tsinghua University, Chinese people's Association for friendship with foreign countries Third World Peace Forum held in Beijing forum, President Tang Jiaxuan presided over the opening ceremony, State Councilor Yang Jiechi attended the meeting and made a speech, Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui and deputy chief of staff of the PLA Sun Jianguo were published speech on 21 and 22 the luncheon. Professor Chen Hanxi and Professor Zhou Fangyin, Deputy Secretary General of the Guangdong International Strategic Research Institute, were invited to the forum.

The world peace forum is the only unofficial security forum in China. It is also the world's most high-end unofficial security forum. Participants include former heads of government, senior diplomats, experts from the world think tank, and famous experts and scholars from Chinese universities and think tanks. On behalf of the participants including former French Prime Minister De Villepin, former Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio, former Prime Minister of Malaysia Badawi, former U.S. national security adviser Hadley, former Russian Security Council Secretary Ivanov, the EU Common Foreign and security policy Javier Solana, etc.. Like the previous two forums, the world peace forum has discussed the international security hot issues of common concern all over the world, and has attracted widespread attention from both domestic and international public opinion.

Professor Chen Hanxi and Professor Zhou Fangyin took part in the forum and participated actively in the discussion at the group meeting, which had a positive impact on expanding the academic influence of the Guangdong Institute of international strategy. Especially in the 21 day of the luncheon, when Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui speech, Professor Chen Hanxi researcher at the Institute for Strategic Studies of the identity of the first question, vice minister Zhang Yesui patiently answered. The issue is about the recent Sino Vietnamese dispute over the South China sea. Vice Minister Zhang Yesui reiterated the government's view Chinese in answer to a question, that is Chinese energy exploration activities in the waters of the Paracel Islands, after a long preparation, China will continue to exercise the sovereignty of the South China Sea area. During the meeting, Professor Chen Hanxi and Professor Zhou Fangyin introduced the development of the Guangdong Institute of international strategy to academic colleagues.