The 9th National Tribology Conference and 30th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Chinese Tribology Institute, CMES, hosted by the Tribology Institute of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society and organized by the State Key Laboratory of Tribology of Tsinghua University, was held in Beijing from 18th to 20th, October, 2009. More than 350 delegates have attended the conference. The State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, was one of the co-organizers. 

More than 20 researchers and postgraduates from LICP, have participated in the grand gathering. Prof. Xue Qunji, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the director of the Academic Committee of LICP, was invited to present the plenary talk entitled “General Introduction of Lubricating Materials Science and Technology”. Prof. Liu Weimin, director of LICP and of the Sate Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, gave a talk of “Preparation of and Applied Research on High-Property Lubricant”. Prof. Chen Jianmin gave the talk with the title of “Research on and Review of the Application of Adhesive Solid Lubricating Coating in China”. Prof. Zhang Junyan gave the talk of “Structure of Lubricating Film and Regulation of Tribological Property”.

The Conference was a grand gathering of the tribological circle in China. People who are engaged in tribology gathered together from all parts of the country. They reviewed the development history of the Chinese tribology, exchanged views on the research into and application of tribology, made their vision of the future of tribology. During the Conference, more than 160 oral presentations were made. The theme of these reports covered theory and design of lubricating theory, micro/nano tribology, lubricants and addictives, friction, wear and state detection, biology and bionic tribology, surface science and engineering, etc.