The 5th International Symposium on Laser Interaction with Matter (LIMIS 2018) will be held from 11 to 14 November in Changsha (P. R. China), a famous historical city of China. The symposium focuses on the most recent and advanced issues concerning laser-matter interactions, including laser irradiation effect and mechanism, laser plasma physics, laser spectrum technology and applications, high power lasers, nonlinear optics, and laser processing and machining, etc. There will be plenary presentations by well-known experts, oral sessions, poster sessions.