The 17th International Congress on Marine Corrosion and Fouling (ICMCF) was held at the National University of Singapore on 6-10 July 2014. Drs. YAN Tao and CAO Wenhao from South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, were invited to attend the meeting and shared their marine fouling research progress.

　　Drs. YAN Tao and CAO Wenhao have engaged in the research of marine fouling for years and made some innovative achievements. Dr. YAN Tao made an oral presentation entitled “Does the Lepas settle on fixed offshore installations?” and answered the questions from the attendees. Cao Wenhao also gave a presentation entitled “The effects of nonivamide on larval settlement of Balanus reticulatus, Pinctada martensii and Chlamys nobilis and spore germination of Ulva linza, U. lactuca and Gracilaria tenuistipitata”.

　　More than 200 scientists and technicists from the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, France, Canada, Denmark, Brazil were present the 17th ICMCF.