On December 11, 2023, the Science and Technology Department of Shaanxi Province held an expert consultation and demonstration meeting on the establishment plan of New Materials Shaanxi Laboratory in Xi’an. Prof. Fang Yu was invited to attend the meeting and served as an expert for consultation.

At the meeting, Li Jianfeng, executive vice president of Northwest Non-ferrous Metals Research Institute, the lead organization of the New Materials Shaanxi laboratory, reported the laboratory establishment plan to the expert group.

After consultation, defense, research and discussion, the expert group believed that the laboratory had a significant advantage in carrying out new material science research and key core technology research, with clear positioning and objectives, and reasonable research direction, and agreed to the laboratory establishment plan.