On January 14, Cristina Pinna, UNDP Policy Consultant of Social & Economic Development and South-South Cooperation Team visited SIIS, and met with Prof. YE Jiang, Executive Director of the Institute for Global Governance Studies, Dr. Ye Qing, Assistant President of SIIS and Director of the Center for West Asian & African Studies and Dr. Zhu Ming from the Center for West Asian & African Studies. The meeting discussed issues of furthering academic exchanges and deepening academic cooperation.