On July 19, 2021, Prof. Chen Dongxiao, President of SIIS, and Prof. Yang Jiemian, Chairman of SIIS Academic Affairs Council, met with Elizabeth Knup, Regional Director and Chief Representative of China at the Ford Foundation. The two sides exchanged views on the China-US relations and international issues of common concerns. Ms. Zhu Juhua, Director of Department of International Exchanges, and Dr. Ye Yu, Assistant Director of the Institute for World Economy Studies, participated in the meeting.