On the afternoon of March 25, 2024, Li Cheng, the Founding Director of the Center on Contemporary China and the World (CCCW) at the University of Hong Kong and former Director of the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution, visited the CIIDS and had a dialogue with the CIIDS scholars on "the China-US Relations in the Year of American Election".

In keeping with his new book “China-U.S. Relations: Converging Visions in a Shifting Global Landscape” (an Understanding China book, by Foreign Language Press), Professor Li Cheng shared his insights on the U.S. presidential election and the China-US relations, presenting his views on how to better understand China and the United States, so as to foster convergence of interests between the two countries.

Wang Boyong, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the CIIDS, together with an audience of 50 from the CIIDS and its partner organizations, attended the dialogue. The session was moderated by CIIDS Vice Chairman Feng Wei.