On July 28, 2025, Alicia Garcia Herrero, the Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking, and Paul Monnier, Chair of Banking and Securities Sub-Working Group of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China visited SIES. They exchanged views with experts from SIES on China-EU economic relations and other topics. President Ding Chun delivered a welcome speech. Chen Xi, Long Jing, Qiu Ju, Xue Sheng, Xu Mingqi, Yan Shaohua, Yang Haifeng, Yang Zhengzhen, and Zhu Yichen attended the discussion.