On October 12-13, 2017, the International Symposium on "Government Innovation: A Comparative Perspective between China and Foreign Countries" in the Second China-US Forum on Governance was organized by PKU Institute of State Governance Studies and the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Columbia University and was held at Columbia University. This conference is the second Sino-U.S. state governance forum held after the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement between the Institute, the Co-Innovation Center for State Governance, and the BYK Management Center of Columbia University in October last year.