Chinese Society for Immunology

Hosted by Chinese Society for Immunology (CSI) and organized by Committee for Tumor Immunology & Biotherapy of Chinese Society for Immunology (CSI), the 5th CSI Advanced Course of Cancer Immunotherapy was held during April 12-14 in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. Over 400 trainees attended the meeting.

Organized by Chinese Society for Immunology (CSI) and German Society for Immunology (DGfI), the 8th Sino-German Joint Symposium on Immunology was held in Xiamen, China during March 18-22, 2024. In the opening ceremony, Prof. Hansjörg Schild, Vice President of DGfI, and Prof. Xuetao Cao, the initiator of the symposium, gave remarks respectively. Both sides looked back the history of this serial symposium, which began in 2010, and spoke highly of the successes and outcomes of the bilateral exchanges and communications for the last 14 years between two societies. The purpose of cooperation between Chinese and German immunologists is always, and especially now, to face the common threats from diseases and environments and to promote the welfare of human beings in general.

2024 CSI Annual Meeting of Secretary-Generals was held during March 8-10 in Haikou City, Hainan Province. 53 delegates from local societies, journal editorial offices and CSI committees attended the meeting and gave annual reports.Prof. Yuzhang Wu, member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, CSI President, gave a speech of how to improve political awareness and strengthen strategic thinking. He elaborated the importance of combining scientists’ missions with the national strategies and policies. Prof. Wu emphasized that as Chinese immunologists we should face the forefront of the world's science and technology, the main economic battlefield, the major needs of the country, and the people's lives and health. He also quoted from the recent government report that modern society requires innovation-driven development and modernization of the industrial system, using the new quality productive forces. We immunologists are driven to dedicate ourselves to our people and the life science development.Secretary-Generals from 27 local societies, 3 journals and 14 CSI committees gave annual reports of their works and plans for the 2024 year. The local immunological societies are from: Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunan, Hainan, Fujian, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Ningxia. Prof. Bo Huang, CSI Secretary-General, introduced the 2024 CSI Annual Meeting and explained the rules and important issues concerning the 9th CSI General Assembly, which will vote the CSI council members and executives of next term. During the reports and speeches, delegates shared experiences of society running, made proposals of co-organization of meetings and discussed the future cooperation between societies and committees.After the meeting, delegates visited Red Detachment of Women Memorial Garden and the venue of Boao Forum for Asia as the historical and cultural education tour.

Organized by Chinese Society for Immunology (CSI), the 2023 CSI Annual Meeting (the 15th CSI Congress of Immunology) was held from November 2nd to November 5th in Suzhou, Jiangsu Provence. With the co-work of CSI members and meeting participants, the 2023 CSI Annual Meeting was a big success in the following aspects.