On the afternoon of July 11, 2025, the Closing Ceremony and Award Presentation of the 10th "Zhihong" International Summer School for Advanced Materials, hosted by the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, was held in the 500 auditorium of the SMSE Building A. The event was attended by Hui Chang, Associate Dean of the Graduate School; Lizhen Sun, Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Ke Chen, founder of the "Zhihong" Summer School; Peng Zhang, Assistant to the Dean; and Renlei Zhang from the working group, along with 43 students from seven countries including Kazakhstan, India, Serbia, Poland, Greece, Russia, and China.

The closing ceremony was hosted by Associate Professor Jingya Wang.

Figure 1 Host

First, Prof. Hui Chang delivered a speech. He congratulated the successful conclusion of this year's "Zhihong" International Summer School and extended gratitude to all organizers, lecturers, volunteers, and participants. He hoped that the students would cherish the knowledge, culture, and new friends they had gained during the summer school and wished them all great success in their future endeavors.

Figure 2 Hui Chang delivered a speech

Ms. Lizhen Sun also gave a speech. She reviewed the activities of the past two-week summer school, explained the profound connotation behind the word "Jiaotong", introduced the research areas and important position of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and expressed her expectation for the students to join. Finally, she once again thanked the teaching faculty, organizers, volunteers, and the enthusiastic participation of the students.

Figure 3 Lizhen Sun delivered a speech

Rakhat Agassultanov from Kazakhstan, representing the summer school students, expressed his honor at having this opportunity. He thanked the lecturers for their dedicated teaching and the volunteers for their selfless help, which had benefited him greatly. Besides lecture teachings, he was deeply influenced by Chinese culture through experiences like dragon boat racing and Kung Fu. All these had woven a precious and unique two-week experience at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Figure 4 Rakhat Agassultanov delivered a speech

Subsequently, Lizhen Sun, Ke Chen, and Peng Zhang presented awards for the Most Popular Poster, Best Poster, First to Third Prizes in Group Presentations, First to Third Prizes in Self-made Short Videos, and Outstanding Volunteers.

Figure 5 Most popular poster winner: Zhuoying Wang

Figure 6 Best poster winner:Julia Kaczyńska

Figure 7 Group presentation third prize

Figure 8 Group presentation second prize

Figure 9 Group presentation first prize

Figure 10 Short video third prize：Teodora Jakovljevic

Figure 11 Short video second prize：Julia Kaczyńska

Figure 12 Short video first prize：Chandra Sneha

Figure 13 Group photo of volunteers

Finally, Prof. Ke Chen delivered a speech. As the founder of the "Zhihong" Summer School, he looked back on the journey since the first summer school in 2016, feeling incredibly lucky and grateful. He remarked that having so many young students from around the world gather at Shanghai Jiao Tong University to study and experience Chinese traditional culture was exactly his original intention in founding the "Zhihong" Summer School. He hoped that the students would cherish this experience and welcomed them to join Shanghai Jiao Tong University to contribute to the progress and development of human society.

Figure 14 Ke Chen delivered a speech

 The "Zhihong" International Summer School for Advanced Materials has been held annually since 2016. This year, as the 10th edition hosted by the School of Materials Science and Engineering, in addition to well-received traditional activities such as academic lectures, cultural festivals, and enterprise visits, it also continued previously designed fun sports meets and Kung Fu classes. Through continuous feedback surveys, the summer school will continue to innovate its teaching model, providing students with opportunities to understand and learn about the international academic frontiers in the field of advanced materials centered around the school's advantageous research directions and hot topics in the materials field. It effectively expands the students' knowledge and academic horizons while offering a broad platform for Chinese and foreign students to exchange and learn from each other.

Figure 15 Group photo

Special thanks go to all the volunteers: Planning Team - Xixi Geng (Leader), Chenyun Jin, Ke Zhang, Jia Xu, Weitong Zeng; Logistics Team - Huan Zhang (Leader), Jinhe Cao, Hanshuang Jiang, Wei Li, Fan Fei, Yutong Wu; Communication Team - Gaosheng Lou (Leader), Sheng Gao, Haoyi Liu.

 Special appreciation is also extended to all the lecturers for their wonderful lectures.