The Third National Workshop on Neutron Scattering, organized by Peking University and China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) in cooperation with CSNS (China Spallation Neutron Source) and CAEP (China Academy of Engineering Physics), was held in Beijing from November 8 to 10, 2015. More than 150 scholars attended the workshop.

At the workshop, CAS Academicians Chen Hesheng and Zhang Huanqiu gave talks on the prospects of neutron scattering in China. President of Peking University Lin Jianhua and Prof. Wang Xunli from the City University of Hong Kong gave commentary talks on the field. Introductory   talks on CMRR and the Tsinghua CPHS were also made. Chen Yuanbo, Associate Director of IHEP, gave a detailed talk on the status and progress of CSNS. The workshop got more than 50 talks of high quality.

Prof. Chen Dongfeng from CIAE made summary report. The attendees spoke highly of this workshop and its talks, in that it had provided an efficient platform for exchanges and cooperation. It was agreed that the next workshop would be held at the end of 2016 on the campus of CSNS.

Workshop on Neutron Scattering Held in Beijing （Image by IHEP）