The Exchanges on Advances of Studies on Liquid Crystals in Shanghai 2014 jointly presided over by Prof. Yanlei Yu from Fudan University and Prof. Yikai Su from Shanghai Jiaotong University was held in Fudan University on November 7. The event invited well-known scholars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait who were engaged in liquid crystal research, including Prof. Yonggui Fu (Cheng Kung University), Prof. Wei Li (Chiao Tung University), Prof. Chia-Rong Lee (Cheng Kung University), Associate Prof. Tsung-Hsien Lin (Sun Yat-sen University), Assistant Prof. Xiechang Zheng (Chiao Tung University), Prof. Yanqing Lu (Nanjing University), Prof. Xifeng Li (Shanghai University), Associate Prof. Jiangang Lu (Shanghai Jiaotong University), Prof. Jianhua Liu (Fudan University), Dr. Yan Li (Shanghai Jiaotong University), etc. Teachers and students from various fields introduced and exchanged views on liquid crystal research, which reinforced the cooperation among different fields and broadened the vision of the students.