It is our great pleasure to announce that IUPAC 9th International Conference on Novel Materials and their Synthesis (NMS-VIII) & 23rd International Symposium on Fine Chemistry and Functional Polymers (FCFP-XXIII) is to be held in Shanghai from 17 to 22 October, 2013 (www.nms-iupac.org). In the case of our invited participants, we will give a gift to express our gratitude for your active support and participation. Of course, as the tradition of this Conference, the banquet, dinners and the arranged social program during the Conference will be free to our invited participants.In addition, in order to encourage the active participation of graduates or Ph. D. students, we will provide them free banquet,dinners and social programs during the Conference.If you have further questions or problems, please contact us in time.