On May 25, 2023, Prof. Fang Yu attended the opening ceremony of the 5th Silk Road Young Scholars Forum of Shaanxi Province held in Xi’an.

At the the opening ceremony of the forum themed "Gathering Talents from the World and Creating the Future of Shaanxi", Shaanxi province governor Zhao Gang delivered a speech. Sun Daguang, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and director of the Publicity Department of the Provincial Party Committee, introduced the situation of science and technology and talents in Shaanxi province.

Xi’an Jiaotong University Party Committee Secretary Lu Jianjun spoke at the ceremony. Northwestern Polytechnical University president Song Baowei, Chinese Academy of Sciences academicians Zhang Guowei and He Yaling, and Chinese Academy of Engineering academicians Zheng Nanning, Fan Daiming and Zhang Yong, attended the meeting.