On November 13th, 2018,  Dr. Thomas Fingar  from  Stanford  University  visited  the Center for American Studies at Fudan University, presenting a keynote speech entitled  "How should China and the U.S. compete?" at the 13th High-end Lecture Series Hosted by Collaborative Innovation Center for New Model of China-U.S. Major-Country Relationship. Professor WU Xinbo, Executive Director of Collaborative Innovation Center for New Model of China-U.S. Major-Country Relationship, Director of the Center for American Studies and Dean of the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University moderated the event.

　　In the outline of the historical background and the current status quo,  Dr. Fingar analyzed the dynamic interactive relations between China and the United States from  the  multifaceted  perspectives on  economic,　political,  ideological,   sci-tech  and  military  realms,  emphasizing  that  China-U.S.  competition  was  not completely negative, zero-sum nor panoramic of Sino-U.S. bilateral relations.  He dissected  that  the Trump Administration was undertaking a historic reorientation of U.S. policy towards China, highlighting U.S.- China strategic competition,setting forth the enormous potential for collaboration between the two countries existing in the scope of people-to-people and cultural exchange,economic investment,trade,finance as well as development of  energy  resources,  emphatically briefing  on  the  competition  with   its   fundamental  rule-based  approach, on account of which  China  and  the U.S. jointly engaged in  a  common  endeavor  to  build  fair  and  equitable interaction  rules  as  a  whole.

　　The successfully-held academic event on that afternoon drew around one hundred faculty members and students both at home and abroad to attend. Meanwhile, the audience participated in the well-received Q&A session, conducting further lively interactive exploration with the presenter into the related issues.