The inauguration ceremony of “International Associated Laboratory(LIA): Zeolites” & 1st academic meeting was held at DICP on Oct 19-20, 2017.The Director of the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Office in China, Mr. Antoine Mynard and the Program officer of Bureau of International Cooperation, CAS Xiaofeng Lu were invited to the meeting. Prof. Zhongmin Liu, Director of DICP, and Prof. Svetlana Mintova, Prof. Valentin Valtchev、Prof. Jean-Pierre Gilson、Prof. Mohamad el Roz from labrotary of catalysis and spectrochemistry of CNRS and Prof. Shilun Qiu from Jilin university-China and Prof. Zifeng Yan from China University of Petroleum and more than 20 people participated in this meeting.

Prof. Zhongmin Liu delivered a speech on the opening ceremony, he hoped this meeting will strengthen the exchange and cooperation between Chinese and French on the relevant research of zeolite synthesis and application.

In the meeting, Zhongmin Liu, Svetlana Mintova and Shilun Qiu jointly unveiled the plaque.Then,the attendees introduced each the current research and progress.