On September 26, former President of Zambia
H.E. Rupiah Bwezani Banda and his colleagues visited SIIS escorted by
Ambassador Peng keyu, Vice Chairman of Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign
Affairs (CPIFA). SIIS President Chen Dongxiao and Chairman of Academic
Affairs Council, Prof. Yang Jiemian hosted a meeting with the delegation. The
two sides had a discussion on China-Africa relations and SIIS cooperation with
its counterparts in Zambia etc. Prof. Zhang Haibing, director of the Institute
for World Economic Studies, Ms. Li Fangxia, deputy director of the Institute
for Information Service, and Dr. Zhu Ming, researcher of the Center for West
Asian and African Studies attended the meeting.