The 6th World Tribology Congress opened in Beijing

The 6th World Tribology Congress opened in Beijing on September 18th. Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong sent a congratulatory letter to the congress. More than 2,000 Chinese and foreign tribology researchers from China, the United States, Japan, Britain, Germany, France and other countries attended the congress. It is the first time the congress has been held in China since it was established 20 years ago. The 6th World Tribology Congress was organized by the Tribology Institute of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society and hosted by Tsinghua University.

In her congratulatory letter, Vice Premier Liu extended warm congratulations on the opening of the congress. She noted that as an interdisciplinary subject, tribology research covers a wide range of fields, and plays an important role in energy conservation, environmental protection, and the sustainable and healthy development of the economy and society. She expressed the hope that all the participants would make full use of this opportunity to have in-depth communication, obtain inspiration and cooperate with each other, so as to make new contributions to tribological development as well as the improvement of human well-being.

At the opening ceremony, the Vice President of the Chinese Tribology Institute and Director-General Gu Kali, the Chairperson of Tsinghua University Council Chen Xu, the Director of the National Natural Science Foundation of China Yang Wei, the Chairman of the Congress and Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Luo Jianbin , and Professor Ali Erdemir of Argonne National Laboratory, United States, and the new Chairman of the International Tribology Council (ITC) attended the congress.

Chen Xu noted that after more than 50 years of development, tribology has developed a mature theoretical framework and improved industrial chain. A number of outstanding Chinese and foreign scholars contributed to the progress and development of human science. “The State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, has made a positive contribution to the development of tribology, and played an important role in supporting the development of related disciplines,” she said. She also pointed out that the significance of this International Tribology Congress lies in that it brought together tribology experts from around the world to communicate and exchange ideas, and she hoped that the congress would be a great success.

The five-day congress aims to highlight the important achievements in different areas of tribology, explore the future development of tribology research, and strengthen the links between academia and industry.

The "Science and Technology Exhibition of Friction Science" was held during the congress.

 By Guo Lili