The situation on the Korean Peninsula has faced a deadlock since the Hanoi Summit between the North Korea and the US broke down. With a change of the US president, the prospect of breaking the deadlock in the future is facing new opportunities and challenges, and a new round of policy games among the countries concerned is already brewing. After Joe Biden takes office, what new changes will occur in the overall pattern of Sino-US strategic competition and the two sides' strategic positioning on the Korean Peninsula? What are the possible characteristics of the Biden administration's Korean Peninsula policy? How will this affect the prospects for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the establishment of a peace mechanism? What structural changes have been brought to the political and economic patterns of the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia since the outbreak of COVID-19? How will it shape the interests  and policy choices of North Korea and South Korea? These issues are of great significance for studying and judging the future of the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

In order to thoroughly discuss the above questions, PKU's Institute of Area Studies and PKU's Center for Korean Peninsula Studies co-hosed an academic workshop on the theme of "Sino-US strategic competition and the Korean Peninsula" on December 12, 2020. Experts and scholars in this field were invited to this workshop to have a discussion, in hopes of providing beneficial reference material and inspiration for studies and policy-making in the country.