On 20 April 2026, SIES, the Center for European Studies of the Shanghai
Institutes for International Studies (SIIS), and the German Studies Center of
Tongji University jointly organized the symposium “New Developments in European
Defence Integration” and the launch of an SIIS Innovation Report at SIIS.
Participants included Research Fellow Chen Yang, Professor Fan Jun, Assistant
Research Fellow Feng Yiran, Section Chief Huang Wenting, Deputy Director Long
Jing, Professor Wu Huiping, Research Fellow Xu Mingqi, Associate Research
Fellow Xu Ruojie, Associate Research Fellow Xue Sheng, Associate Research
Fellow Yan Shaohua, Research Fellow Yan Xiaoxiao, Secretary-General Yang
Haifeng, Research Fellow Zhang Yinghong, and Director Zhu Yichen, among others.

