On December 12, 2024, the 44th session of the "Adventus Amicorum" seminar series, organized by the Institute of Area Studies Peking University, took place online.

On December 11, 2024, the 43rd session of the "Adventus Amicorum" seminar series organized by the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS) took place at No. 66, Yannanyuan.

The 41st lecture of the "Adventus Amicorum" seminar series hosted by the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS), was held on December 7, 2024. This forum, themed “2025 Frontier and Interdisciplinary Area Studies: Building Smart City in a Changing World,” was part of the framework of the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS). The lecture featured the following speakers: Prof. Wang Dong, director of the Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding (iGCU); Prof. Zhai Kun, deputy director of PKUIAS; Prof. Chen Xi, dean of the Institute for Urban Internationalization Studies at Zhejiang International Studies University; and Nurul Amillin Hussain, an assistant professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.