The Research Department of Foreign Economic Relations of the Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) invited Li Shantong, research fellow of the Department of Development Strategy and Regional Economy of the DRC, and Zhu Kunfu, assistant fellow at the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to take part in an internal academic meeting on Aug 16.

Li gave a lecture on the global value chain and Zhu talked about measurement of added value in trade. All members of the Research Department of Foreign Economic Relations and He Jianwu of the Department of Development Strategy and Regional Economy, attended the meeting.