Experts discuss China studies

(R to L): Yang Zhenwu, director of Publicity Department of Communist Party of China Shanghai Committee, Qian Xiaoqian, vice-minister of the State Council Information Office, Theotonio Dos Santos, UNESCO Chair of Global Economy and Sustainable Development, United Nations University, and Gustaaf Geeraerts, full Professor of International Relations, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and director of the Brussels Institute of Contemporary China Studies meet before the opening ceremony of the 5th World Forum on China Studies in Shanghai, March 23, 2013. [Photo by Sun Yuqing/chinadaily.com.cn]