(VOVworld) - The Shangri-La Dialogue 2016 concluded on Sunday. 600 delegates from 30 countries and territories discussed four topics at the meeting: military competition in Asia, challenges to conflict settlement, shared security goals, and changing defense policies.

China’s illegal construction of artificial islands has made the international community worried. (Photo: CSIS)

This year’s Shangri-La Dialogue took place with the East Sea situation complicated by China’s rapid development of islands it has illegally occupied.