The 2025 International Symposium on Molten Salt Chemistry and Materials Technology was successfully held

From December 18 to 20, 2025, the 2025 International Symposium on Molten Salt Chemistry and Materials Technology, co-hosted by the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, the State Key Laboratory of Thorium Energy and the Molten Salt and Ionic Liquid Discussion Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry, was successfully held at the Sheraton Shanghai Jiading Hotel. Adopting a hybrid format of online and offline participation, the symposium centered on the core theme of "Innovative Applications of Molten Salt Technology in the Field of Clean Energy", aiming to promote international academic exchange and cooperation.

The opening ceremony was chaired by the Co-Chair of the Symposium, Prof. George Zheng Chen from the University of Nottingham, UK. Prof. Qingnuan Li, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP), delivered the welcome address. In her speech, Prof. Qingnuan Li extended a warm welcome to the renowned experts and scholars from home and abroad who traveled far to attend the event, and expressed profound remembrance and high respect to the late Director Hongjie Xu — Co-Chair of the symposium and a distinguished contributor to the field of thorium-based molten salt reactors.

The symposium gathered top scholars and experts in the field of molten salt chemistry from China, Russia, France, South Korea, Japan, India and other countries. Through various forms such as plenary lectures and invited lectures, the participants conducted in-depth discussions and ideological exchanges on the application prospects of molten salt technology in major fields such as nuclear energy systems, clean energy conversion, and strategic resource recycling, focusing on cutting-edge scientific issues including fundamental physical properties of molten salts, material behavior regulation, corrosion mechanisms, and advanced characterization technologies. They also systematically shared the latest research progress and key challenges.

At the closing ceremony, Prof. George Zheng Chen highly praised the high-level academic achievements and fruitful exchange atmosphere presented at the conference. This symposium has successfully built a cutting-edge international cooperation platform in the field of molten salt technology. Through in-depth cross-disciplinary and cross-border dialogues, it has realized the convergence of cutting-edge achievements and the integration of ideas. It has not only deepened the global research cooperation network, but also injected new impetus into driving clean energy transition and the global sustainable development agenda.