On August 21, 2024, Prof. Fang Yu attended and spoke at the first High-end Forum on High-quality Development of Organic Polymer Materials Science and Engineering in Western China held in Xi’an.

At the strategic discussion session, Fang Yu said that with the numerous universities and industries in Xi’an, it is urgent to establish and further improve the cooperative development mechanism of polymer new materials.

The forum, sponsored by Xi’an Jiaotong University and co-organized by Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Northwest Rubber Co., Ltd., and Sinochem Northwest Rubber and Plastics Research and Design Institute Co., Ltd., was the first forum in the field of organic polymer materials science and engineering in western China. More than 40 well-known experts and scholars in the field of organic polymer materials science and engineering, including 12 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, attended the forum.