Full coverage: The South China Sea Issue

For more on the seminar, we're now joined live by CCTV correspondent Zhu Xuesong, who's in Singapore covering the event.

Q1. Tell us more about today's seminar. Is there any agreement between China and southeast Asian countries on this issue?

"ASEAN has a good interest in having a dialogue with China, because ASEAN depends on many factors, especially in terms of economy. We need to have a peaceful solution to have a greater expansion on economy," said Professor Prasit Aekaputra, faculty of Law, Thammasat University.