The International Conference on the Processing of East Asian Languages (ICPEAL), which has been held every two or three years since 1978, provides opportunities for researchers to disseminate new research findings, to exchange new ideas, to develop new paradigms, and, consequently, to advance the cognitive study of East Asian languages. The 16th ICPEAL will be held during 8th-10th, December, 2016 at South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China. The conference will have keynote addresses, symposiums, and poster sessions. The conference is organized by the School of Psychology at South China Normal University, co-sponsored by the Division of the Psychology of Language, Chinese Psychological Society, and the Chinese Association of Psycholinguistic. The conference invites oral or poster presentations of research on East Asian and related languages. Please mark your calendars for this conference; we look forward to seeing you in Guangzhou!