On December 6, 2020, the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies hosted a symposium on Eurasia Cooperation that attended by participants both physically and virtually. Dr. Qiang Xiaoyun, Director of Center for Center for Russian & Central Asia Studies of SIIS moderated the opening ceremony in which President Chen Dongxiao of SIIS delivered welcoming remarks, Mr. Ji Shumin, Deputy Director-General of the Department of European-Central Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, and Mr. Zhang Dong, Deputy Director-General of the Department of European-Central Asian Affairs, Ministry of Commerce of China delivered keynote speeches.

Dr. Aidar Amrebayev, Senior Researcher of the Institute for Philosophy, Political Science and Regional Studies, Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan, Dr. Valery Garbuzov, Director of Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, Russian Academy of Science, Dr. Muratbek Imanaliev, Director of Center  of  Foreign  Policy  of the Ministry of  Foreign Affairs,  the Kyrgyz Republic , former SCO Secretary-General and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, and Prof. Oleg Ivanov, Vice-Rector for Research of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, as well as scholars from China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, Center of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, Peking University, China Academy of Social Sciences, Lanzhou University, Fudan University, East China Normal University, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences participated in the symposium and made presentations on “Development and Cooperation in Eurasia Region Amid the Pandemic”, “The Eurasia Situation after the U.S. Election”, and “The Eurasia Situation Amid the Pandemic and the Influence of Major Powers”. Members of the Center for Russian & Central Asia Studies of SIIS, including Dr. Zhao Long, Dr. Feng Shuai, Dr. Wang Yuzhu, Dr. Cao Jiahan attended the symposium.