On May 19, 2017, SIIS and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) co-sponsored the symposium on “The future of EU and China-EU Relations”. SIIS President and FES Shanghai Resident Director Stefan Pantekoek delivered the opening remarks. The symposium invited more than 20 experts from both Europe and Chin...

From May 23 to 27, 2017, a delegation of graduate students from the Bush School, Texas A&M University (US) visited SIIS and had academic exchanges with SIIS students. Prof. Yang Jiemian, Chairman of the SIIS Academic Affairs Council gave a speech on “China’s Diplomacy and China-US Relations”.Prof....

On May 27, 2017, Prof. Mikkel Rassmussen, director of the department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (Denmark) visited SIIS. He had a discussion with Prof. Zhang Yinghong, Prof. Ye Jiang and Dr. Fangxiao from the Center for European Studies on China-EU relations, European studies and ...

On May 22-23, 2017, SIIS held the third annual seminar on the Middle East at Strategic Crossroads: the Change of Regional Order and the Belt and Road Initiative. SIIS President Chen Dongxiao and Prof. Wang Zhen, Vice President of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) gave opening remarks. Couns...

On May 25, 2017, a delegation of National Autonomous University of Mexico visited SIIS led by Prof. Francisco Trigo, Vice President of UNAM. The UNAM group had a discussion with SIIS Assistant President Ye Qing, Prof. Niu Haibin, de puty director of Center for American Studies and Ms. Huang Fangf...

On May 23, 2017, Prof. Paulo Wrobel from the Institute of International Relations, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) visited SIIS escorted by Ms. Ana Candida Perez, Consul-General of Brazil in Shanghai. They had a discussion with Prof. Niu Haibin and Huang Fangfang on China-B...

On May 8-19, 2017, SIIS Assistant President Ye Qing led a group to visit Egypt, Morocco and UAE.During their stay in Egypt, the SIIS delegation had a roundtable with the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (ECFA) on the “One Belt and One Road” initiative, regional situation, and China-Egypt bilater...

On May 22, 2017, Prof. Yang Jiemian, chairman of SIIS Academic Affairs Council met with the delegation of Harvard Kennedy School. Prof. Yang introduced China’s foreign policy, and had a discussion with the group members on the wealth gap in China, China’s role in global governance and North Korea nu...

On May 13-14, 2017, SIIS President Chen Dongxiao attended the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing. He also participated in the thematic session on think tank exchanges.