On the afternoon of July 27, 2018, the 2018 academic committee meeting of the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of Beijing University of Science and Technology on "Efficient Mining and Safety of Metal Mines" was held in Tiangong Building of Beijing University of Science and Technology. The conference introduced the laboratory construction in 2017, listened to the report of the laboratory open fund in 2017, discussed the laboratory construction, management system reform, personnel training and introduction measures, and conducted a vote on the laboratory open fund in 2018. Professor Cai Meifeng, Professor Wu Aixiang, Professor Zhang Xingkai, Professor Jin Longzhe, Professor Wang Liguan, Professor Zhu Wancheng, Professor Cheng Yi, Professor Wu Shunchuan and Professor Xing Yi of Beijing University of Science and Technology and Professor Song Weidong were also invited to attend the meeting.