The Fifth Sino-Japan Symposium

The Fifth Sino-Japan Symposium on Materials for Advanced Energy Systems and Fission & Fusion Engineering

November 2 - 6, 1998, Xi'an, China

First Announcement

Introduction
The fifth symposium in this series is scheduled to take place in Xi'an, one of the capital cities with the richest cultural and historical treasures in PR China, from Monday, Nov.2 to Friday Nov.6, 1998. These symposiums were extremely fruitful in the state of the art of fusion energy, fission power, materials, design and in indicating the appropriate of R&D activities in Japan and China. We hope to make this symposium a fruitful, exciting and pleasantly memorable experience, keeping the high standards of this series meetings since the first one in Hefei 1993, through the other three in Tokyo 1994, Chengdu 1995, Sapporo 1996.

Topics
Besides invited papers,the program of the symposium will include the following topics:

Call for Papers
Contributors are asked to prepare an one-page abstract, suitable for direct reproduction with size A4. Please indicate titles in bold characters, followed by names of authors and affiliations. The deadline for submission of abstracts is May 1, 1998. In addition to a hardcopy, an abstract in formatted electronic form is recommended to be sent to the secretary of the symposium by E-mail.

Proceedings
The proceedings will be prepared by ASIPP (Institute of Plasma Physics, Academia Sinica) after the symposium. Authors should plan to bring the manuscripts with them to the symposium.

Social Program
In addition to the technical program there will be a tour around the city of Xi'an, rich in historical and cultural treasures, such as the sights: Bell Tower, Ancient City Wall, the Forest of Steles, the Wild Goose Pagoda, Hua Qing Hot Springs, Qing Shi Huang's Tomb and some museums etc.. There will be optional post-conference tours to enjoy the wealth of unique landscapes and cultural sites of China. A stimulating hospitality program will be offered for accompanying persons.

Organization and Liaison

Co-Chairs of the symposium:

Lijian Qiu
Prof. of Institute of Plasma Physics, Academia Sinica,
P.O.Box 1126, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, P.R.China
Tel: 86-551-5591300, Fax: 86-551-5591310
E-mail Qiulj@ipnc1.hfcas.ac.cn

Katsunori Abe
Prof. of Tohoku University
Aramaki, Aobaku, Sendai 980-77, Japan
Aramaki-aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
Tel: 81-22-217-7922, Fax: 81-22-217-7925
E-mail Abe@bohr.nucle.tohoku.ac.jp
katsunori.abe@qse.tohoku.ac.jp

Secretary of symposium:

Dr. Yican Wu
Institute of Plasma Physics, Academia Sinica,
P.O.Box 1126, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, P.R.China
Tel: 86-551-5591397, Fax: 86-551-5591310
E-mail: ycwu@ipnc1.hfcas.ac.cn


More arrangements are being considered and will be available soon.