On March 17, 2025, Prof. Fang Yu was invited to attend the opening ceremoney of the Advanced Rare Metal Materials and Application Development Forum and the Technological Innovation Conference of Northwest Nonferrous Metals Research Institute held in Xi’an.

The forum was jointly held by the Chinese Non-ferrous Metals Society, the Chinese Materials Research Society and the Northwest Non-ferrous Metals Research Institute, inviting academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, experts and scientific and technological workers from universities, institutes and enterprises of the relevant industries to participate in the academic exchange on the development status and trend of basic research, process technology and industrial application in the field of rare metals.

Zhao Yide, secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee, met with academician representatives attending the event, and Shaanxi Province governor Zhao Gang attended the meeting and addressed the opening ceremony. Fang Hongwei, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and secretary of the Xi’an Municipal Party Committee, Wang Haipeng, member of the Standing Committee and secretary-general of the Provincial Party Committee, Yang Guanjun, vice chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial CPPCC, Zhang Fucheng, vice chairman of the Hebei Provincial CPPCC, Xi’an Mayor Ye Niuping, Northwestern Polytechnical University party secretary Li Yanrong, and officials from relevant departments of the province participated in the event.