On September 19th, 2018, Dr. Mareike Ohlberg, research associate from Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) visited SIIS. Dr. Ohlberg had a discussion with Dr. Long Jing, deputy director of the center for European Studies and Dr. Zhang Zhexin, assistant director of the institute for Taiwan, Hongkong and Macao studies on China-Europe relations, “16+1 cooperation” mechanism and B&R initiative etc.