Prof. Xiaochang Wang attended the “21^st Meeting of China-Korea Joint Committee for Basic Scientific Research” from May 16 to 19, 2017 in Jeju, Korea, which was jointly held by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF). The annual joint meeting is held alternatively in China and Korea. Prof. Wang has been recommended by the Department of Engineering and Material Science to the joint committee since 2011. In this year’s meeting, the joint committee reviewed the cooperative activities for 2016 and selected joint seminar and joint research projects for 2017. Discussions were also held on the theme for the key joint research program of 2017 and the next joint committee meeting.