On the morning of October 8, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Institute of International Affairs and Strategy at Tamkang University, and the China Association for Strategic Foresight jointly hosted a symposium on "China's Situation Trends After the U.S. Presidential Election." Former U.S. APEC senior officials and former AIT deputy officials were invited to the symposium. Director Wang Xiaomin (Bob Wang) presided over the discussion. President of the Association Lin Yongle, Executive Supervisor Xia Liyan, Director of the Institute of International Affairs and Strategy Li Dazhong, Assistant Professor Lin Yingyou, and Secretary-General of the China Strategic Foresight Association Jie Zhong, accompanied by the Association Ambassador Song Zizheng, researcher at the China Strategic Foresight Association Lu Chenwei, and graduate students at the Institute of International Affairs and Strategy at TSU attended the meeting. During the meeting, the variables and possibilities of the U.S. presidential election were discussed, as well as the direction of policies toward mainland China after the candidates of the Democratic and Republican parties were elected. The impact of cross-strait relations and the results of the U.S. presidential election was also discussed.