On April 21^st, 2017, Prof. Dr. Dawisson Lopes, Deputy Head of UFMG’s Political Science Graduate Program and Prof. Seung Lee, Head of Confucius Institute (Brazilian Branch) visited SIIS escorted by Ms. Juliana Gaspar Ruas, cultural consul of Brazil Consulate General in Shanghai. They had a discussion with Prof. Chen Youjun from the Center for Asia Pacific Studies, Dr. Lou Xiangfei, Huang Fangfang and Dr. Xue Chen from the Center for American Studies on China-Latin America relations and academic cooperation etc.