It is our great honor and pleasure to announce that the Ninth International Symposium on Linear Drives for Industry Applications (LDIA,2013) organized by Zhejiang University will be held in Hangzhou,China from July 7 to 10, 2013. The conference will provide a forum for researchers, professionals and engineers from all over the world to present their latest researches and developments and to exchange information and experience in the fields of linear drives and other types of direct drive technologies. The conference scopes include but are not limited to: linear machine design and analysis, linear motor drive systems and Welcome to LDIA 2013 control, actuators, maglev linear systems, linear motor applications, renewable energies associated with linear machines, and high-speed or low-speed/high-torque rotary machines and drives, etc. The LDIA’2013 is co-sponsored by the Linear Machines Institute of China Electrotechnical Society and the Institute of Electrical Engineering of Chinese Academy of Science.