On October 8th, 2018, Dr. Christine Althauser, Consul-General of Germany in Shanghai and her colleagues visited SIIS. Prof. Yang Jiemian, chairman of SIIS academic affairs council and Prof. Chen Dongxiao, president of SIIS met with Consul-General Althauser respectively. The two sides had a discussion on China-US relations, cooperation between Chinese and German think tanks, and CIIE etc. Mr. Jiang Lixiao and Ms. Sun Shasha participated in the meeting.