On August 21st, the 21st International Conference on Composite Materials was grandly opened in Xi 'an Qujiang International Conference Center. Nearly 2000 experts, professors, entrepreneurs and industry colleagues from 41 countries and regions around the world attended the conference, and nearly 50 enterprises brought new products to the conference's science and technology exhibition.
The conference was hosted by the International Committee on Composite Materials, organized by Chinese Society for Composite Materials, co-organized by Chinese Academy of Engineering, China National Building Materials Group Co., Ltd. and China Carbon Fiber and its Composites Industry development Alliance, guided by China Association for Science and Technology, and co-undertaken by Beihang University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University and Xi 'an Jiaotong University. The theme of the conference is the innovation and development of advanced composite materials. The conference provided an exchange platform for delegates so as to promote effective international cooperation and the innovation and development of composite materials industry.
The International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM) started in 1975 and is held biennially. As the longest, largest and most authoritative academic seminar in the global composite industry, ICCM has been held for twenty times so far,. ICCM was held in China in 1989 (7th) and 2001 (13th).
Composite materials, as one of the important trends in the development of new materials technology, can lay a foundation for other high technology. With the advantages and improvement of comprehensive performance, the application of composite materials has been rapidly expanded from aerospace to automobile energy saving, clean energy, environmental protection building materials and other fields. The application level and dosage of advanced composite materials have become an important symbol to measure the advancement of national material industry.