At the evening of 22 September 2016, thefirst annual meeting of International Association for the Study of Silk RoadTextiles (IASSRT) is held at Xinyou Archives, China National Silk Museum.

Those participants includes: Susan Whitfield,Director of IDP, British Library UK, Mei Jianjun,Needham Research Institute(NRI), Anna Muthesius，Professor of University ofCambridge (retired), UK, Marie-Louise Nosch, Director of the Danish NationalResearch Foundation’s Centre for Textile Research, University of Copenhagen,Dode Zvezdana, Senior researcher Southern Scientific Center of Russian Academyof Sciences (SSC RAS), Russia, Orit Shamir, head of Department of Museums &Exhibits, Curator of Organic Materials, Israel Antiquities Authority, MariaMenshikova，Curator of Chinese Decorative arts andtextiles and Dunhuang collections of the State Hermitage museum, ClaudioZanier, Professor of Padova University (retired), Italy, Sim YeonOk, Professorof Korea National University of Culture Heritage, Maximilien Durand，Director of Musée Des Tissus, France, Lu Dongming, The CollaborativeInnovation Center for the Belt and Road Initiative, Wang Jun, DonghuaUniversity, Guan Xiaowu, Institute for the History of Natural Science ( IHNS),Chinese Academy of Sciences ( CAS), Cao Mingjing, ICOMOS InternationalConservation Center, Xi'an, Li Wenying, Xinjiang Archaeological ResearchInstitute, etc.

During the meeting, several issues areundertaken: bringing in new members, discussing the organization framework ofthe Association, discussing the work plans of the Association in 2017 and 2018,and reaching a consensus on China National Silk Museum's application for theCategory 2 Center of UNESCO-an International Center for Silk Heritage on theSilk Roads.