On April 8, 2016, Ambassador Yang Guoqiang, former Chinese ambassador to Latvia, member of the Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), visited SIIS. Ambassador Yang had a discussion with President Chen Dongxiao and Prof. Yang Jiemian, chairman of the Academic Committee of SIIS on promoting China-Europe relations, especially on Shanghai’s role in 16+1 cooperation.