The periodical level of International Forum is the core periodical, and the publication cycle is bimonthly. The journal was founded in 1988. International Forum is an academic journal sponsored by Beijing Foreign Studies University and headed by the Ministry of Education.

The main columns of international forums are: international politics, international relations, Sino-foreign relations, theoretical discussion, countries and regions, and world economy.

International forums have been included in core journals such as Peking University (China Humanities and Social Sciences), CSSCI Nanda (including extended edition), Shanghai Library, National Library, HowNet (China) and VIP (China).

Honors of International Forum: China Journal Full-text Database (CJFD) and National Chinese Core Journals.

Periodical, published regularly. Such as weekly, monthly, bimonthly, monthly, quarterly, biannual, annual, etc. Publications shall be published by periodical publishing units established according to law. Periodical publishing units must be approved by the General Administration of Press and Publication, hold a unified serial publication number in China, and obtain a periodical publishing license.