Expert: New materials key to country's progress

Compared with the previous three forums, this forum underlines international communication and cooperation, organizers said. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 20 foreign experts are participating the event via videos.

The forum, a high-level academic conference with an influence on the international materials field, has attracted about 800 participants, according to Peng Jianhui, an information officer at the China Academy of Engineering Physics.

For professor Xie Jianxin of the University of Science and Technology Beijing, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, new materials are not only a precondition of high-quality economic and social development but also hasten the birth of high-tech and emerging strategic industries.