From November 7 to 8, the Third China-Latin America and the Caribbean Think Tanks Forum,  co-sponsored by the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) and the China Foundation for International Studies (CFIS), was held in Beijing.

Prior to the opening ceremony, State Councilor Yang Jiechi met with former President Eduardo Frei of Chile and former Prime Minister Bruce Golding of Jamaica, who came to China for the forum. Mr. Yang Jiechi, Mr. Liu Hongcai, Vice Minister of the International Department of CPC Central Committee, Mr. Wang Chao, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Liu Guchang, Chaiman of CFIS and Amb. Lu Shumin, Executive Vice President of CPIFA, attended and addressed the Opening Ceremony. Amb. Liu Yuhe, Vice President of CPIFA, attended the welcoming dinner and the closing ceremony.

Under the theme of "New Moment for China-Latin America Cooperation----Forge ahead and Jointly Build the Future", about 160 people, including experts, scholars and other representative of various sectors from China and LAC countries attended the forum. The participants conducted in-depth discussions on the topics of “Exploiting Cooperation on Production Capacity and Upgrading the China-LAC Practical Cooperation”,“Deepening Cultural and People-to-People Exchanges, and Building a New China-LAC Partnership of Mutual Learning”,“Building the China-CELAC Forum and Promoting New Progress in the Holistic and Integrated China-LAC Cooperation”and “Assisting in the China-LAC Cooperation and Giving Play to the New Role of China-LAC Think Tanks”.