On December 15, 2007, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with a visiting delegation of Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University headed by David Ellwood, the Kennedy School dean. The delegation is here in Beijing for a symposium on China-U.S. relations co-sponsored by Kennedy School of Government and the Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Both sides exchanged views on issues such as China-U.S. relations, Taiwan, economy and trade, Iran's nuclear issue and China-Japan relations.