On September 17, 2018, a delegation of Islamabad Council of World Affairs (Pakistan) headed by its President Ambassador Khalid Mahmood visited Shanghai Institutes for International Studies. Professor Yang Jiemian, Chairman of Academic Affairs Council of SIIS met with the delegation and had a discussion on China-US relations, China-Pakistan relations and political landscape in the Middle East. Dr. Shao Yuqun, director of the Institute for Taiwan, Hongkong & Macao Studies, Dr. Wu Chunsi, director of the Institute for International Strategic Studies and some experts from Center for Asia-Pacific Studies and Center for West Asian & African Studies participated in the discussion.