The 2024 International Symposium on Electrocatalysis and Electrosynthesis of the Chinese Chemical Society was held in Tianjin on March 29-31. The Symposium was co-sponsored by the Electrochemistry Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society and Nankai University, and organized by the eScience Editorial Office, the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources, the Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, and the Engineering Research Center of Efficient Energy Storage of the Ministry of Education.

Participations in the opening ceremony include academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhang Tao, Sun Shigang, Chen Jun, Li Jinghong, Zheng Nanfeng, Peng Huisheng, Zhu Weihong; Qiao Shizhang, a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science; Luo Jingli, a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering; Hu Peijun, a fellow of the Royal Irish Academy; Xu Zichuan, a fellow of the Academy of Engineering, Singapore; Yang Junlin, Executive Deputy Director of the Department of Chemical Science of the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Xing Wei, Director of the Electrochemistry Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society; and Zhu Caibin, Mayor of the Xiqing District of Tianjin.

Chen Jun, Xing Wei and Zhu Caibin delivered speeches at the opening ceremony. Zhang Kai, Executive Associate Editor of eScience, reported on the development progress of the journal. 

At the symposium, Sun Shigang, Qiao Shizhang, Zheng Nanfeng, Peng Huisheng, Chen Jun and Zhu Weihong delivered plenary speeches entitled “High-end Manufacturing Electronic Electroplating and Its Development”, “The Role of Catalysis in Energy Storage and Conversion”, “Electrochemical Reaction Engineering: Beyond the System Engineering of Electrocatalysts”, “Exploration and Thinking on Fiber Chemical Batteries”, “Introduction to the New System of Batteries” and “Organic Photosensitizers and Nano-chemistry – Molecular Engineering and Process Intensification of Energy and Chemical Engineering”, respectively.

It is reported that this conference, with the theme of “low-carbon energy and sustainable development”, aims to promote electrocatalysis and electrosynthesis’s integration with new energy, energy storage, artificial intelligence, digital economy, etc. It was attended by more than 2,000 teaching and research staff, engineering and technical personnel and students from universities, research institutes and related enterprises and public institutions across the country. Discussions were conducted at the 12 sessions: eScience Young Scientists Forum, Fuel Cell Electrocatalysis, Electrolysis Hydroelectric Catalysis, Metal-Air Battery, Electrochemical Characterization & Analysis, Energy Molecules Catalytic Conversion, Photo-Electrocatalysis Theory & Mechanism, Energy Storage Materials Synthesis, Organic Electrochemical Synthesis, Environmental Electrocatalysis, Interdisciplinary Science Forum, and Industrial Electrocatalysis & “Dual Carbon” Strategy. A total of more than 600 reports and more than 170 posters were produced, and 21 excellent posters were selected. The conference also set up the eScience Outstanding Contribution Awards to recognize researchers who have made outstanding contributions in journal article contribution solicitation, submission, review and promotion.

（Edited and translated by Nankai News Team.)