The third Sino-US state governance forum on "government governance: China’s reform and international development" was successfully held at PKU on October 19.  The forum was co-hosted by PKU Institute of State Governance Studies and the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Columbia University in the United States. Attendees were over 30 scholars from Columbia University, the Brookings Institution, Chinese Academy of Governing Sciences, Peking University, Chinese Academy of Governance, the State Council Development Research Center, Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, Sun Yat-Sen University, Xiamen University, Sichuan University, University of Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang University, Southwest University, Beijing Language and Culture University, Fujian provincial party committee party school and other well-known universities and research institutions. The forum also attracted hundreds of faculty and students across the country.