On January 28, 2026, at the invitation of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia, Yang Rui, Executive President of CIRD, represented CIRD to participate in the RCEP Reform Workshop via online, and delivered a presentation titled “From ‘the Largest in Scale’ to ‘Higher in Standards’: Strategic Choices for RCEP Amid Global Uncertainty”. Wang Yuehong, Assistant Researcher of CIRD, engaged in the discussions session.

Participants in the meeting included several researchers from CIRD.