From August 18 to 19, the China Association for Science and Technology Biotechnology Cross-Innovation and Application Young Scientists Conference was held at Henan University. The Conference was attended by 40 experts, including Lixin Zhang, Vice President of Henan University, Hongbin Wang, Vice President of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Zhili Huang of Fudan University, and Haiyang Wang of South China Agricultural University.

Eight experts gave academic reports on related fields, including Haiyang Wang, Zhili Huang, vice president of the Biological Rhythm Branch of the Chinese Society for Cell Biology, Ximing Qin of Anhui University, and Xiaodong Xu of Henan University. At the meeting, young scientists analyzed challenges and opportunities in the fields of biological rhythms and chronobiology, shared difficulties in scientific research and solutions, and discussed research progress, talent training and career development in the cross-application field of biological clocks in plants and animal bodies.