On July 18, 2023, the Coordination Meeting of the Physical Chemistry Committee of Shaanxi Chemical Society and the Ninth Shaanxi Physical Chemistry Development Symposium was held in the conference room of the Institute of New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials, Shaanxi Normal University.

Prof. Fang Yu, chairman of SCS Physical Committee, new members Prof. Liu Xiangrong of Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Prof. Ma Haixia of Northwestern University, Prof. Ding Liping of Shaanxi Normal University, as well as previous members Prof. Zhao Xiang of Xi’an Jiaotong University, and Prof. Wang Wenliang of Shaanxi Normal University, attended the meeting.

Prof. Ji Xiaohui and Prof. Jin Lingxia of Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, the organizer of the 9th Shaanxi Physical Chemistry Development Symposium, and Prof. Liu Fengyi and Prof. Bian Hongtao of Shaanxi Normal University were also invited to the meeting.

At the meeting, Fang Yu briefed the new members of the history and construction of the committee, affirmed the contribution of the previous members to the development of physical chemistry in Shaanxi Province, and hoped that the new members would inherit the good tradition, carry out their work innovatively, and offer advice and suggestions for the development of physical chemistry in Shaanxi Province.

Ji Xiaohui gave a presentation on the preliminary preparations for the 9th Shaanxi Physical Chemistry Development Symposium, and the participants discussed and agreed on the time, scale of the conference, and the arrangement of the conference reports, and made initial arrangements for the preparations in the later stage.

The meeting suggested that the platform of Shaanxi Physical Chemistry Development Symposium should be fully utilized to provide opportunities for physical chemists in Shaanxi Province to communicate with each other and a stage for excellent young scholars to show their talents.