From September 24th to 26th 2023, the "Symposium on Multidisciplinary Collaboration for one health: Challenges and Opportunities", which was chaired by Dr. Zhongli Chen and co-organized by the School of Environment and Ecology of Chongqing University and the Institute for Environmental Research of RWTH Aachen University, was held successfully in Chongqing. The conference was conducted in a joint live broadcast modeviaZoom and Bilibili with on-site participation. The participants were from 8 universities/institutes, which are Chongqing University, RWTH Aachen University, Chinese Academy of Sciences Chongqing Green Intelligent Technology Research Institute, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Southwest University, National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” in Greece, Sun Yat-sen University and Sichuan University.

Figure 1 Group photo taken at the symposium

The keynote reports were given by the following experts:

ŸProf. Dr. Annika Jahnke, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany

ŸProf. Anastasia Hiskia, National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Greece

ŸDr. Miaomiao Du, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

ŸProf. Zhou Zhou, Chongqing University, China

ŸProf. Zhe Li, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

ŸProf. Guangqian Lan, Southwest University, China

ŸProf. Yi Chen, Chongqing University, China

ŸProf. Dr. Andreas Schäffer, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

ŸProf. Dr. Martina Roß -Nickoll, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

ŸDr. Elisa Rojo Nieto, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany

ŸAssoc Prof. Jiaqiang Liao, Sichuan University, China

ŸAssoc Prof. Fengwen Wang, Chongqing University, China

ŸAssoc. Prof. Miaoyue Zhang, Sun Yat-sen University, China

ŸDr. Sevasti - Kiriaki Zervu, National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Greece

Figure 2 Keynote speeches given at the symposium

Besides, a student session was set up during the symposium, four Ph.D. candidates and one master student shared their study resultsviaoral presentations.

Figure 3 Student section at the symposium

The School of Environment and Ecology at Chongqing University have collaborated extensively with well-known universities and research institutions both domestically and internationally, achieving grateful results. The environmental/ecological disciplines of Chongqing University have consistently ranked among the top 1% of ESI globally. This symposium established a multi-agency, interdisciplinary, and cross regional collaborative exchange platform, making important contributions to the internationalization development of Chongqing University.