The First International Jujube Symposium (1st IJS) sponsored by ISHS (International Society for Horticultural Science) will be held in Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding on 21-25 September, 2008. The IJS aims at providing a forum for exchanging information among researchers and academicians as well as related businessman and officials. I sincerely invite you to attend the symposium. Let’s try together to make it a great and historic gathering on jujube (Ziziphus).