On July 1, 2024, at the invitation of the School of Management, Professor Guo Rui from Jilin University delivered an academic report entitled China’s Sustainable Security Strategy in Lecture Hall 214 of the School of Management. The session was hosted by Professor Zhu Yuming of the School of Management and attended by some faculty members and students of the school.

Professor Guo Rui first introduced the changes and characteristics of the current international security situation, then analyzed the prevailing international landscape and examined the issue from various perspectives. He further assessed the future trend of the international security situation, arguing that the restructuring of major-country relations presents a pattern of "pairing up" rather than "bloc formation", and that regional security hotspots show a state of "interconnectedness" yet will not spiral out of control. Finally, he put forward China’s strategic choices for geostrategic sustainable security.

After the presentation, Professor Zhu Yuming gave a brief summary of the session. Professor Guo Rui answered the questions raised by the participating teachers and students one by one. The participants expressed their sincere gratitude to Professor Guo Rui for his sharing with warm applause, and the report concluded successfully.

Speaker ProfileGuo Rui is a Kuoyaming Scholar Distinguished Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Jilin University, holding a Doctor of Laws degree and a postdoctoral fellowship in Theoretical Economics. Currently, he serves as Director of the Academic Committee and Head of the Department of International Politics at the School of Administration, Jilin University, as well as Vice Dean of the National Institute for Development and Security Studies of Jilin University, concurrently acting as Director of the Northeast Asian Security Research Center and Director of the National Security Education Research Center.

His academic affiliations include: President of the Jilin Provincial Society of International Economics and Trade, Vice President of the Jilin Provincial Tumen River International Cooperation Association, Vice President of the Jilin Provincial Association for Korean Peninsula Studies, Deputy Secretary-General of the Northeast Asia Research Association of the China Society for Asian and Pacific Studies, and Deputy Secretary-General of the Marine Strategy and Security Professional Committee of the China Society for Ocean Development. He is also a Research Fellow at the Northeast Asia Research Center of Jilin University—a Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, a Research Fellow at the Taiwan Research Center of Xiamen University—a Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, an Academic Committee Member of the "Korean Peninsula Research Base"—a Key Social Science Research Base of Jilin Province, a Think Tank Expert on Free Trade Agreements at the Trade Promotion and Exchange Center of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and a Distinguished Expert at the North Pacific Marine Development Research Center (Jilin Research Center for the Polar Silk Road). Additionally, he works as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of International and Regional Studies, Ritsumeikan University, Japan.

His main research areas cover international strategic theory and methodology, national security thought and strategy, East Asian security and arms control, contemporary Chinese diplomacy, Korean Peninsula issues, Japanese politics and foreign policy, and the alignment of national development strategies. He has presided over more than 40 research projects of various types, including Key Projects of the National Social Science Fund, Youth Projects of the Humanities and Social Sciences Research of the Ministry of Education, and Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars of the Ministry of Education. He has published several monographs such as The New Changes in the East Asian Geopolitical Pattern and China’s Composite Grand Strategy and Changes in the East Asian Geopolitical Environment and China’s Regional Geostrategy. He has also published more than 100 papers in CSSCI source journals (including collected volumes) or SSCI journals such as People’s Daily, Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies, Foreign Affairs Review, Teaching and Research, Studies in World Religions, and World Economics and Politics. He has independently won many awards including the Third-Class Award for Monographs at the 11th Jilin Provincial Social Science Outstanding Achievement Awards.

Written by/Zhang Zhiru Reviewed by/Jia Ming