On April 20, 2023, Secretary General of the CACDA Li Chijiang met with Sergio Grassi, Chief Representative of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Beijing Representative Office, and several German scholars. The two sides exchanged views on issues of global security and enhancing China-Germany think-tank cooperation. Others participants of the meeting included Professor Michael Staack from University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg and Senior Researcher Gao Tingting from German Institute for International and Security Affairs.