UnderthesponsorshipoftheInternationalUnionofPureandAppliedChemistry(IUPAC)andChineseChemicalSociety,theInternationalConferenceonLiquidCrystalPolymerswasheldattheTwenty-FirstCenturyHotel,BeijingChina,in6-9September1994.TheconferenceChair-manandSecretarygeneralwereProfessorsQ.F.ZhouofPekingUniversityandX.J.Wangof