Jointly hosted by ECUST National Key Laboratories of Bioreactor Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Education Ministry Key Laboratory of Gasification, the conference was attended by over 200 well-known experts and scholars in the field of bioengineering from over 30 countries and districts. Professor Robert C.
Armstrong, a professor of Chemical Engineering Department and associate director of Energy Center in Massachusetts Institution of Science and Technology, presided over the conference together with Professor Yuan Weikang, an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering. The conference commenced with the opening speech from Professor Qian Xuhong, the chairman of organizing committee and the president of ECUST.