The picture shows the scene of the first plenary session of the 8th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, which was kicked off in Beijing on Thursday morning. The theme of this year's forum is "Building a New Type of Security Partnership of Equality, Mutual Trust and Win-Win Cooperation," with topics for four plenary sessions including "New Ideas for, and New Approaches to, International Security Governance," "Terrorism Threats and Countermeasures," "Reality and Vision of Maritime Security Cooperation" and "Challenges and Cooperation in regard to UN Peacekeeping." (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Fan Xianhai)
