Organized by Chinese Academy of Engineering,  China Department of  Chemical, Metallurgical and Material Engineering and East China University of Science and Technology, China Engineering Science and Technology Forum (the 160th  Session) - Process Engineering Technology Development Strategy  was opened on May 11th , 2013, in XuHui Campus of ECUST.  Gan Yong, vice dean of Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Li Jinghai, vice dean of Chinese Academy of  together with other 25 academicians from Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and 33 Changjiang Scholars and the winners of National Outstanding Youth Fund participated in the forum. Focused on the forum topic, participating experts will give 33  academic reports.

    The opening ceremony of the forum was hosted by Professor Qian Xuhong, President of ECUST and Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering. Qian introduced four themes of the forum: "opportunities and challenges faced by the process industry", "Technological Development Forefront of Process Engineering ", "Green Low-Carbon in Process Engineering” and "Discipline Construction and Leading Talent Cultivation in Process Engineering ".