On March 24th,SIIS held an academic seminar on “New Development of International Configuration & New Mission of Chinese Diplomacy cum Calling for Paper on Chinese Diplomacy for the 60th Anniversary of New China”. Young scholars from Fudan University, Tongji University, Shanghai International Studies University,Shanghai Party Institute of CCP and Shanghai Institutes for International Studies participated in the seminar on how to redefine the connotation and feature of international configuration in the new context and how to develop Chinese diplomacy in the new international configuration.