The 11th China Microfluidics High-end Academic Forum and the 4th International Microfluidics Industry Forum were successfully held at Hangzhou Baosheng Water Expo Hotel from September 21 to 22, 2024. As a new multidisciplinary bioanalysis technology, microfluidic chip technology has been deeply studied and widely used in many fields such as medical in vitro diagnosis, drug screening, environmental monitoring, food safety, and micro-nano material preparation. The academic and industrial circles agree that microfluidic technology "is very likely to lead chemistry and biomedicine."

The 7th Asian International Tribology Conference and the 9th China International Tribology Conference (ASIATRIB & CICT2024) will be grandly opened at Tianjin Society Hill International Conference Center Hotel on September 15, 2024. The conference was hosted by the Tribology Branch of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, organized by the Tianjin Institute of Advanced Equipment of Tsinghua University, and co-organized by the National Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Technology for Advanced Equipment of Southwest Jiaotong University and Tsinghua University.