With the 20th anniversary commemoration of diplomatic normalization between Korea and China, this session is specially designed to review the past and current critical issues and to propose a vision for further development of the bilateral relationship.
In a departure from conventional seminar style, this session will be held in a style of open discourse regarding: 1) the environment before normalization, 2) the process of negotiation, 3) a retrospective from the 20th anniversary, and 4) the prospect and vision for development with eminent diplomats who participated in the process of normalization and subsequent historically significant events in the ROK-PRC relationship.

- Moderator
SHIN, Jung-Seung (Director, Center for Chinese Studies, KNDA / former South Korean ambassador to PRC)

- Presenters & Discussants
KWON, Byong Hyon (Chairman, Future Forest / Chief Negotiator, ROK-PRC Diplomatic Normalization)
KIM, Suk-woo (President, National Development Institute)
ZHANG, Tingyan (Vice President, China-ROK Friendship Association / former 1st Chinese ambassador to South Korea)
XU, Dunxin (A member of Foreign Policy Advisory Group / Chief Negotiator, ROK-PRC Diplomatic Normalization)

- Rapporteur
HUH, Eun Jin (Center for Chinese Studies, KNDA)