Prof. Wanlin Guo, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, hosted the Second ICMSD Standing Steering Committee Meeting. Prof. Xiaoting Rui, the Chair of the ICMSD Standing Steering Committee, gave a welcome speech. He summarized the characteristics of the international conference at its inception, namely, high academic level, broad development prospects, and extensive interest from the scientific community worldwide. Then, the representative of Peking University, the main organizer of the Second ICMSD, introduced the preparations for the conference. Prof. Gilbert‐Rainer Gillich, the member of the Academy of Technical Sciences in Romania, from Babeş‐Bolyai University, Romania, the candidate to host the Third ICMSD, presented the proposal for the conference. The members of the ICMSD Standing Steering Committee unanimously approved the proposal for the Third ICMSD host (Figure 1). 

Fig.1 In‐person attendees of the Second ICMSD Standing Steering Committee Meeting.