A high-level SIIS delegation led by President Chen Dongxiao visited CPC Central Committee’s International Department on Jan. 12. Minister Song Tao met with the delegation and commended SIIS for its outstanding intellectual contributions to the central government’s foreign policy making and China’s diplomacy. Minister Song encouraged SIIS to do more for the CPC’s outreach and international exchanges. The SIIS delegation met with senior officials from CPC’s Office of the Central Leading Group for Foreign Affairs.