Hosting international symposiums, workshops and seminars is a normal practice of the IES. As list below are those distinctive ones since 2000:

Annual Conference on European Development, since 1997

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Europe and Sino-Euro Co-operation, 2000

Challenge of the 21st Century and the Third Way, 2000

Foreign Aid and International Relations, 2000

European Studies in China, 2001

Constitution-Making in the EU, 2002

European Model and the Transatlantic Relations, 2003

International Conference: New Europe and the Future of Sino-European Relations, 2003

International Conference to Celebrate the Fortieth Anniversary of Sino-French Diplomatic Relations: Retrospect and Prospect, 2003

Seminar on ‘The Eastward Enlargement of the European Union’, 2004

Seminar on ‘China-EU Relations from the Past to the Future’, 2005

Workshop on ‘ Test-use and Evaluation of a Core Curriculum on European Integration’(Asia-link Programme), 2005

Plenary Session of Chinese Association for European Studies, 2006

Workshop on ‘The Impact of European Integration on the Multipolarization of the World’, 2006

Editorial Forum on ‘European Model and Its Impact on the World’, 2006

Conference on ‘New Developments in Europe (2006-2007)’, 2006

Conference on ‘European Model and the World: Experience and Revelation’, 2006

Workshop on ‘European Model and European Identity’, 2007

Workshop on ‘EU Governance at Work’, 2007

International Conference on European Model under Discussion—State Transformation·Governance·Foreign Policy·European Identity, 2007