The 2024 Chinese Physical Society (CPS) Fall Meeting kicked off at the Hainan International Convention and Exhibition Center on the morning of October 11. The event, hosted by CPS and organized by Hainan University (HNU), welcomed on-site over 6,000 physicists from universities and research institutes worldwide, with another 20,000 physics enthusiasts attending online. Among the distinguished guests were over 30 members from the US National Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

The Opening Ceremony (Photo courtesy of the Publicity Department)

During the opening ceremony, Zhang Jie, President of CPS and a member of CAS, along with Ni Peigen, Deputy Director of Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and Luo Qingming, President of HNU and a member of CAS, delivered keynote speeches. The ceremony was presided over by Fu Ling, Dean of the School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering of HNU.

The Opening Ceremony (Photo courtesy of the Publicity Department)

Zhang Jie extended a warm welcome to all attendees and expressed his gratitude to Hainan Provincial Government and Hainan University for their support. He emphasized that CPS has brought together generations of outstanding physicists who have contributed to the leapfrog development of physics studies in China. He hoped the event would spark new ideas and bring breakthroughs and the new generation of physicists would carry forward the spirit of their predecessors and realize the dreams of China’s physics community.

Zhang Jie addressing the Meeting (Photo courtesy of the Publicity Department)

On behalf of the NSFC, Ni Peigen congratulated CPS on the successful convening of this meeting. He emphasized that NSFC, under its new leadership, has prioritized fundamental research and talent development. With constant reforms of its funding systems, NSFC aims to foster innovation and drive breakthroughs in science, while ensuring balanced growth across academic disciplines and building a more comprehensive mechanism to foster talents.

Ni Peigen addressing the Meeting (Photo courtesy of the Publicity Department)

HNU President Luo Qingming welcomed the experts and scholars in attendance. He emphasized that HNU, guided by the vision “whenever a demand arises in Hainan, HNU can always step forward and get things done”, has been optimizing the top-level design, strengthening key disciplines, and accelerating the development of its physics-related programs. To cater to the development of Hainan Free Trade Port and other national strategic priorities, HNU’s School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering has created a research platform with local features. Luo noted that HNU as the event organizer would make an all-out effort to ensure its success, and meanwhile hoped that the event would spark new ideas to advance physics studies.

Luo Qingming addressing the Meeting (Photo courtesy of the Publicity Department)

The event featured a wide range of activities, including the Women in Physics Working Group Meeting/Roundtable, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Public Lecture: Nobel Prize in Physics Special Session, and the IUPAP Special Symposium on Physics Research for a Sustainable Earth. These activities provided an important platform for interdisciplinary exchanges and showcased cutting-edge achievements in physics. They promoted scientific discussion and fostered collaboration among scholars, injecting new impetus into China’s physics studies.

Since its inception in 1999, the CPS Fall Meeting has thrived into one of the largest and most comprehensive academic events in China’s physics community, drawing significant international attention. This year’s four-day event featured 21 specialized sub-forums, covering topics such as particle physics, field theory and cosmology, nuclear physics and accelerator physics, as well as atomic and molecular physics.

Attendees included senior officials from CPS, NSFC, Hainan Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Hainan Provincial Department of Education, and Hainan Association for Science and Technology, leaders of related universities, research institutes and enterprises, and representatives of HNU faculty and students.

Source from HNU News

Translated by Han Yunsheng

Proofread by Kuang Xiaowen, Yang Jie