The 2025 Annual Conference of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) was held in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, from October 13 to October 17. The theme of this year's conference is Shaping the Future of Governance: Transforming Mindsets, Upgrading Skills, Expanding Knowledge.

Sun Juhong from Office of Research Affairs and Xu Yiting from Zhejiang Development Strategy Research Institute of ZIA participated in the conference. They presented their papers titled From Selling Stones to Selling Scenery: Practical Paths and Experience Insights of China's Rural Green Governance – A Case Study of Yucun Village in Anji 

and Can Governance of Groundwater Exploitation Reduce Agricultural Water Use?——Evidence from Synthetic Control Method respectively, delivered presentations in English, and conducted exchanges and discussions with experts and scholars from all over the world, telling Chinese stories and spreading the Chinese voice to the world.

ZIA joined IASIA in 2020 and has actively participated in its conferences online or offline for many consecutive years, engaging in dialogue with peers from international schools and institutes of administration, and sharing Chinese solutions and Zhejiang's experience.