July 1, “The Ninth Annual Conference on China-Europe Relations and Cross-Strait Relations” sponsored by Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) is held in Chongming, Shanghai. The Honorable Mr. Sun Yafu, Vice Minister of Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council delivers a speech on invitation. SIIS President Yang Jiemian and Ms. Gudrun Wacker from German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) make welcome remarks. Officials, scholars, research fellows and think tankers from European Commission External Relations, the White Rose East Asia Center(WREAC), London School of Economics and Political Science, Science PO and China-based China Association of Taiwan Studies (CATS), China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), Fujian Academy of Social Sciences and Shanghai Institutes for International Studies（SIIS） attend the symposium and present speeches.