The China SKA Science Meeting 2026 was successfully held from May 12 to 14, 2026, in Shanghai, bringing together over 200 researchers and young scientists from universities and research institutions across China.

On April 17, 2026, the Workshop on the Formation of Exo-terrestrial Planets, hosted by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was held in Shanghai. The meeting was chaired by Professor Jian Ge, Principal Investigator of the Earth 2.0 (ET) space mission under China’s Space Origins Exploration Program.

The Shanghai Astronomical Observatory PIFI Distinguished Team Project successfully held a series of international exchange activities in Shanghai from October 13 to October 25, 2025.

From October 27 to 29, 2025, the "CSST-MCI Early Science Workshop" was held at the Shanghai Astronomy Museum of the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS. The event was co-organized by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the CSST (China Space-Station Survey Telescope) Yangtze River Delta Regional Science Center. More than 50 representatives from various domestic research institutions and universities participated both online and in person.