On Dec. 17^th, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) held a seminar on the security situation in the Middle East and China’s Foreign Policy. Prof. Mohamed ABDELSALAM, Director of the Future Center for Advanced Research & Studies (UAE), together with 5 other Scholars from Middle East attended the meeting, and exchanged views with research fellows of SIIS and Shanghai Academy of Social Science(SASS). Prof. Ye Qing, Director of the Center for West Asian & African Studies chaired the discussion.