On December 2, 2017, the 115^th U.S. congressional staff delegation, organized by the US-Asia Institute, visited SIIS. Prof. Wu Chuns, director of the Institute for International Strategic Studies and Prof. Ye Yu, assistant director of the Institute for World Economic Studies met with the group and had a discussion on China-US relations. The congressional staff delegation was headed by Ms. Janet Piraino, chief of staff of Senate Tammy Baldwin.