Recently, the First Cross-Strait Workshop on Frontiers in Biomedical Interdisciplinary Studies was held in Xi'an to promote academic exchange, enhance academic cooperation, and boost development between Taiwan and mainland China. More than 300 experts and scholars from across the straits exchanged new ideas and new initiatives for interdisciplinary development. By focusing on integration and innovation of biomedicine and analytical chemistry in life sciences, this Workshop plans to provide a platform for seeking a point of breakthrough in multi-disciplinary integration in biomedicine, thus making a substantial contribution to the development of the related disciplines.

Many internationally renowned experts delivered well-received speeches during the workshop, including Academicians Chen Hongyuan of Nanjing University, Zhang Yukui of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Tang Benzhong of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Tan Weihong of Hunan University and University of Florida, and Professors Lu Yi of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Lu Hongxing of National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan, and Yang Muhua of National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan, etc.