On September 7, 2018, H.E. Mr. Dominique de Villepin, Distinguished Professor at CEIBS, Chairman of CEIBS International Advisory Board, former Prime Minister of France visited Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, accompanied by Professor Li Mingjun, President of China Europe International Business School. Professor Chen Dongxiao, President of SIIS, Professor Yang Jian and Professor Yan Anlin, Vice Presidents of SIIS, Professor Yang Jiemian, Chairman of Academic Affairs Council of SIIS and a number of SIIS leading scholars had a dialogue with Mr. de Villepin on Sino-US-European Relations in the Transition of the International System. Professor Xu Mingqi, President of Shanghai Institute for European Studies and some other scholars from SIES participated in the discussion.