The 7th National Symposium on Environmental Microplastics Pollution and Control Held in Tianjin

Conference venue (©SSSC)

From April 17 to 20, 2026, the 7th National Symposium on Environmental Microplastics Pollution and Control was co-organized by Nankai University, Tianjin University and the SSSC Specialty Committee on Environmental Microplastics in Tianjin. It attracted over 800 participants from 200 universities, research institutes and companies.

At the opening ceremony, Prof. Yongming Luo, Chair of the SSSC Specialty Committee on Environmental Microplastics, delivered the inaugural address which reflected on the committee’s development and highlighted the current research challenges. This symposium included 23 parallel sessions discussing various aspects of microplastics, including analytical methods, pollution characteristics, environmental behaviors, ecological effects, and control strategies. A special “Young Researchers Flash Talk” was organized during which ten early-career researchers presented their latest findings in three minutes, followed by insightful feedback from senior experts.

The closing ceremony included the handover of the next symposium to China Agricultural University. Prof. Yongming Luo made the concluding remarks in which he emphasized that this symposium facilitated interdisciplinary exchange and youth development, thereby injecting new momentum into China’s microplastics research and pollution control efforts.