On March 13, 2023, the Innovation Group on Plant Diversity Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, held its kick-off meeting.

The symposium was sponsored by the (Nanjing) Institute of Soil Science (ISS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and organized by the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of CAS. Academician Zhang Jiabao of ISS, leader of the Program, together with the project investigators of the Program and some researchers from IAE, a total of more than 30 people, attended the symposium. The symposium was chaired by Academician Zhang.

On January 19, 2022, the research team of the National Key R&D Program, the Research on Key Techniques and Small Equipment for Environmental Remediation of Frozen Soil with Freeze-thaw Cycles in villages and township communities organized a symposium to evaluate its research outcomes in Shenyang. The Key R&D Program is being jointly undertaken by the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing University and the Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment of the Ministry of Water Resources. The symposium was held online and offline at IAE.

On February 4, 2023, YU Guoqing, director of the Institute of Sandy Land Management and Utilization of Liaoning Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences (hereinafter referred to as the Institute of Sandy Land), and the middle-level cadres of the Institute LV Linyou, Wu Dedong, Zhang Shuo, and Wang Guochen, visited the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for cooperative exchange.

Academician FU Bojie, head of the Academic Committee of the Key Lab, and Ren Xiaobo, director of the Department of Atmosphere, Oceanography and Ecological Environment of the Bureau of Science and Technology for Development, CAS, attended the meeting.

Director ZHU Jiaojun made a speech at the beginning of the seminar. He said developing emerging disciplines would be of great help to IAE's long-term development, and that the seminar could help young scientists focus on research fronts, carry out scientific research in a more targeted manner, and promote innovation in the institute.

On December 9, Tao Jun, deputy director of Liaoning Provincial Department of Science and Technology, visited the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

On December 17th, the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Qingyuan Forest Station and Symposium on Long-term Observation and Research of Temperate Forest Ecosystems was held in the form of online video conference.

On November 28, 2022, the winners of Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Awards were announced. HE Xingyuan, researcher from the Urban Forest Group of the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), who led the project “Integrated Techniques and Demonstration for the Restoration of Diverse Ecosystems in the Upper Reaches of Liaohe River,” won the first award.

On November 12, the 2022 World Young Scientists Summit was held in Wenzhou. At its opening ceremony, the list of winners of the 17th China Youth Science and Technology Award was unveiled. Dr. Sun Tao won the award.