Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMR, CAS) held an International Partner Reception in San Diego, USA on February 28th, 2017 during the TMS-2017 Annual Meeting.

Over 60 national and international guests attended the reception including numerous recipients of Lee Hsun Lecture Series like Prof. Robert Ritchie from the University of California at Berkeley, Prof. Yves Brechet from the Grenoble Institute of Technology, Prof. Hamish L. Fraser and Prof. Yunzhi Wang from the Ohio State University, Prof. Rainer Schmid-Fetzer from the Clausthal University of Technology, Dr. Dileep Singh from the Argonne National Laboratory and a wide range of other international partners of IMR.

IMR also introduced its state of development and talents policies during the TMS-2017 Annual Meeting.