On August 10, More than 3100 industrial and applied mathematicians from over 70 countries and regions attended the Eighth International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics(ICIAM).

On behalf of the Chinese government, China Vice-President LI Yuanchao expressed warmly welcome to scientists, industrial experts, and delegates from all over the world, and congratulated the ICIAM Prize recipients.

ICIAM President Barbara Keyfitz and Congress director Guo Lei also gave speeches and presented their welcome messages to all the attendees at ICIAM 2015.