On Mar. 8, 2013, Prof. Xiaohong Jiang of Future University Hakodate was invited to visit Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Beijing. He delivered a lecture to IEICE members and young students from BUPT, Tsinghua University and other universities. It attracted more than 30 attendants all together. Associate Prof. Yongmei Sun chaired the meeting. Firstly, Prof. Tao Zhang introduced IEICE organization and encouraged the attendants to apply for the membership of IEICE. Then, Prof. Jiang gave a speech titled “Forwarding Games in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks”, which covered his recent research experience and achievement on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. Before and after the lecture meeting, Prof. Jiang visited State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications in BUPT and Tsinghua National Laboratory of Information Science and Technology, and discussed with teachers and students.

IEICE Beijing Section also co-sponsored “The 2nd International Symposium on the History of Indigenous Knowledge (ISHIK 2012）”, which was held in Saga on October, 2012. 50 persons from Japan and China attended this symposium.

Activities above promoted the appearance of IEICE to the researchers and students in China, and providedgood services to local IEICE members.