What changed
China’s People’s Armed Police hosted the “Great Wall-2026” international counter-terrorism forum in Beijing on October 13, 2026. More than 320 Chinese and foreign representatives from 62 countries and international organisations attended.
The forum focused on four areas:
- Terrorist activity and counter-terrorism capabilities in unmanned and intelligent environments
- Preventing and combating maritime terrorism
- Protecting important targets
- Countering cross-border terrorist infiltration
Why it matters
The agenda shows where counter-terrorism cooperation is being pushed: toward drones and other unmanned systems, vulnerable maritime spaces, attacks on important sites, and movement across borders. Those are practical problems that require forces from different jurisdictions to communicate and coordinate, not simply issue broad statements.
The forum’s value, for now, is mainly as a meeting point. It may deepen working relationships between China’s People’s Armed Police and similar foreign forces, while creating space for bilateral and multilateral cooperation. But the next step matters more than the guest list: the report identifies no participating countries, agreements, operational commitments or follow-up measures.
That leaves the forum’s concrete impact uncertain. Its significance will depend on whether the four discussion areas lead to specific cooperation beyond Beijing.
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