AGU JING (Joint International Network in Geosciences) Meeting (AJM2018), a global PM2.5 research and governance conference, is held in xi ‘an, shaanxi province, from oct 16-20, 2018. The conference, jointly organized by the American geophysical union (AGU) and the Chinese academy of sciences (CAS), is entitled “changes, impacts and prevention of atmospheric PM2.5 in China from a global perspective” and aims to gather global forces to find solutions to global environmental degradation and threats to human health and happiness. The conference is organized by the institute of earth and environment of the Chinese academy of sciences. 71/5000

The chairman of the organizing committee is researcher JunIj Cao. The chairman of the scientific steering committee is Mario Molina, Nobel Prize winning/Taylor award, academician of American academy of sciences, professor of the university of San Diego, California. The meeting brought together the world’s top experts in the fields of PM2.5 research, air pollution, atmospheric chemistry, model simulation, pollution control and aerosol technology. About 800 people from more than 20 countries and regions around the world attended the meeting, which was a top-level event in the field of PM2.5 research and governance. Professor zhang xiaoling, professor kang ping and some graduate students from the school of atmospheric science of our university attended the conference, and visited the earth environment research institute, large urban air cleaning device (SALSCS), the symposium on “causes of atmospheric heavy pollution and tackling of pollution (prime minister fund)” and “regional joint prevention and control of atmospheric pollution in the research on causes and control of atmospheric pollution” during the conference.

Figure : photo taken with Nobel Prize in chemistry/Taylor prize winner professor Mario Molina

Professor Xiaoling Zhang and Tianyi Gong, a graduate student under her guidance, conducted a poster presentation titled “Effect of PM2.5 pollution on daily respiratory diseases for different groups of people in Beijing”. Through the high-level communication platform in the field of PM2.5 research and governance established by the conference, international advanced atmospheric science theories and advanced control technologies were acquired in close proximity, and the participants all benefited a lot.By participating in the exchanges and learning discussions in various sub-venues, participants have a good understanding and promotion of the latest achievements and high and new technologies, research hotspots, future development trends and research directions in the field of PM2.5, which is conducive to enhancing high-level exchanges and cooperation with domestic and foreign experts, scholars and research teams.