On the afternoon of September 19^th, 2016, a delegation of fourteen headed by Mr. David Mathews, President of American Kettering Foundation, paid a visit to the Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS), Peking University (PKU), and held talks with scholars from PKU, the Institute of American Studies (IAS) and Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS). On this seminar hosted by Prof. WANG Jisi, President of IISS, PKU, the two parties reviewed the exchange activities conducted by Kettering Foundation in China over the past 30 years and unanimously agreed that people-to-people exchanges played an important role in the development of Sino-US relations. They also exchanged views on other topics of common concern.

Other participants of the seminar include: Prof. YUAN Ming, Vice President of IISS and Dean of Yenching Academy of PKU, Prof. JIA Qingguo, Prof. WANG Yizhou, Dean and Deputy Dean of the School of International Studies (SIS), PKU, respectively, Prof. TANG Shiqi of SIS, PKU,  Prof. GUAN Guihai, Executive Vice President of IISS, PKU, ZHAO Mei, Researcher of IAS, CASS, as well as scholars from SIS, PKU.