The First BICTAM Symposium for Asia-Pacific Young Scholars will be held in Singapore, from 11 to 14 December, 2013. The symposium is hosted by Beijing International Center for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (BICTAM) and The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM) and is also one of the Minisymposias of the 5TH ASIA PACIFIC CONGRESS ON COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS (APCOM2013).