From July 8 to 15, at the invitation of FGV and National School of Public Administration of Brazil (ENAP) and the International Law Institute (ILI) in US, BAI Institute Committee Member Mr. Tan Jidong led a delegation to Brazil and the U.S. The members of the delegation include Mr. Lyu Tingjun, professor and Director of Training Affairs Division, Ms. Zhou Yueli, associate professor and Deputy Director of the Department of Law, Mr. Chen Cong, Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchange, and Ms. Wang Fei, associate professor from the Department of Law.

During the visit, BAI delegation held discussions with FGV on think tank function and operations, academic cooperation and international training. BAI also explored potential cooperation with ENAP on civil servant training and had an experience sharing with ENAP on the management of training.

In the US, BAI’s law professors thoroughly examined US administration law and administrative judge system and shared their research findings with US counterparts. Furthermore, the visit to Georgetown University Law Center further enhanced BAI’s understanding of US administrative law system and its teaching and education. With the assistance from ILI, BAI delegation also visited Center for Strategic and International Studies and held meeting with their research team on think tank building and their interaction and influence on governments.

The visit to US ended with a signing of MOU with ILI and further cooperation will be carried out in the future.

The visit is the first official contact with American partners in recent year, especially with South American partner like Brazil, which is also a BRICS nation. Further results will come out following this visit.