On January 14th, Professor Dominik Mierzejewski, Director of the Asian Affairs Center at the University of Lodz in Poland, was invited to give a lecture on "How to Understand International Cooperation of Local Governments " in Room 325 of ZSG. The lecture was hosted by Zhang Zhihong, Deputy Director of the Joint Research Center for Development of the Chinese Government, along with Chair Professor Zhu Guanglei, Director of the center, and Professor Suo Liming, Researcher of the center.

Professor Dominik Mierzejewski has long been committed to research on China and Central and Eastern Europe, mainly focusing on China's foreign policy, local government processes in China, and relations between China and Central and Eastern European countries.