From May 14 to 17, the “CPIFA Working Group for Think Tank Exchanges” led by Vice President ZHAO Weiping visited New York and Washington D.C. of the United States. The members of the working group include Prof. JIA Qingguo, Dean of School of International Studies, Peking University, and Prof. ZHANG Jianping, Director General of Center for Regional Economic Cooperation, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Commerce. During the visit, the working group met respectively with former senior U.S. government officials and renowned scholars including Dr. Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of States, Dr. Haass, President of Council on Foreign Relations, Mr. Richard Bush, Co-Director of Center for East Asia Policy Studies of the Brookings Institution, and Ms. Bonnie Glaser, Senior Adviser for Asia and Director of the China Power Project of Center for Strategic and International Studies, and held round table discussions with famous think tanks such as Asia Society, Heritage Foundation and Center for American Progress. The two sides had a series of in-depth exchanges of views on China-U.S. relationship, trade and Korea Peninsula Nuclear issue, etc. The working group also attended a welcoming reception organized by US-Asia Institute and, on that occasion, had a good chat with U.S. Congressional staffers on issues of mutual interests.