On April 10th, the 2025 annual academic symposium of the integration project "Data Integration Research on the Multi-sphere Interactions in the Western Pacific" under the National Natural Science Foundation of China's major research program "Multi-sphere Interactions in the Western Pacific Earth System" (referred to as the "Western Pacific Program") was grandly held in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi. The meeting was hosted by the project undertaking unit, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics. More than 60 project core members and participants from seven institutions, including Peking University, Ocean University of China, Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, East China Normal University, Laoshan Laboratory, and Tsinghua University, gathered together.

At the meeting, the heads of each sub-project were all present, including Associate Professor Qiu Yumo from Peking University, Professor Jing Zhao from Ocean University of China, Professor Liu Xiaohui from Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, and Assistant Professor Zhang Shuyi from East China Normal University. The project leader, Professor Chen Songxi, participated in the meeting online due to other temporary official duties and provided guidance. The participating experts and scholars engaged in in-depth exchanges and discussions on the project's research progress, innovative achievements, and the next steps of the work plan.

The conference focused on the progress of the project and conducted in-depth discussions. It was divided into four sessions, featuring a total of 20 academic reports that highlighted the latest research findings on the interactions among oceanic, atmospheric, and geophysical multi-sphere processes in the Western Pacific region. The project team engaged in lively discussions on key scientific issues such as innovations in data integration methods, techniques for integrating multi-source heterogeneous data, and mechanisms of regional environmental evolution, providing important insights for the research direction of the next phase of the project.

Presentation

It is worth mentioning that this symposium provided a platform for students and postdoctoral researchers involved in the project to showcase their research achievements. Thirteen of the reports were completed by undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students, as well as postdoctoral researchers, including three innovative reports by undergraduate students. These students not only demonstrated solid research skills but also proposed thought-provoking new ideas in their presentations, fully reflecting the significant achievements of the project team in the cultivation of young talents.

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