Foreign Minister Wang Yi to address at Munich Security Conference

Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend the annual Munich Security Conference in Germany later this week.

Prior to the three-day event, a report titled "Under Destruction" was released by the organisers, pointing out the world has entered into a period of "wrecking-ball politics."

Wang Yi is set to deliver a speech at the China session of the 62nd Munich Security Conference (WSC), which is expected to bring together nearly 50 state and government leaders, alongside hundreds of decision-makers and opinion leaders.

A foreign ministry spokesman said Wang's visit was at the invitation of the Hungarian foreign minister as well as WSC chairman Wolfgang Ischinger.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will also head a delegation of officials to the conference this weekend.

The WSC's organisers wrote in the Munich Security Report 2026 released on Monday that "The most powerful of those who take the axe to existing rules and institutions is US President Donald Trump."

Ischinger, a former US ambassador, noted the the attention that the conference was attracting this year was caused by the changing role of the US in the international system.

According to the report, the political forces favouring destruction over reform are gaining momentum in many Western countries.

It observes that the phenomena is driven by disenchantment with the performance of democratic institutions and a loss of trust in political course corrections.

The report also gives a stern warning of a possible shift toward transactional deals over principled cooperation, private interests over public good, and regional hegemons over universal norms.