Wan Qingliang, Vice Governor of Guangdong province, Wei Jianguo, Secretary General of China Center for International Economic Exchanges, leaders of Provincial Party Committee, Provincial Government, Provincial People's Congress, and Provincial Political Consultative Conference, Linda Ringer, Governor of Hawaii, and Consulate officials in Guangzhou from 17 countries attended the forum. Xu Zhenhua, Party Secretary of GDUFS, President Sui Guangjun and other school leaders attended the ceremony. Main leaders of relevant departments of China, provincial leaders, representatives of the foreign states and provinces in Guangzhou unveiled GRIIS. By now, Guangdong Research Institute of International Strategy was formally set in GDUFS.
