On April 6, 2016, Mr. Jim Heller, deputy political counselor from the U.S. Embassy in China visited SIIS. He had a discussion with Prof. Yu Xintian, Chair of Consulting Committee SIIS, on U.S. Taiwan policy and Cross-straits relations etc. Dr. Tong Liqun, researcher at the Institute for Taiwan, Hongkong and Macao Studies also joined the meeting.