China International Forum on Cognitive Linguistics（CIFCL）is an annual event featuring on the “Ten Lecture Series” by the invited keynote speakers as well as on the presentations by the participants. It is an international conference in combination with intensive training courses in particular fields in CL. This forum is centered on CL, but also pays close attention to the development of other disciplines in cognitive science. The forum hosts the latest theories and data from the world's best cognitive scientists with a special focus on language and cognition from disciplines including linguistics, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, artificial intelligence, computer science, and education. Each year, in addition to the core of the forum, that is, the forum speakers' “ten lecture series”, the general participants are invited to submit papers within the whole range of cognitive science. The organizers endeavor to satisfy the general demand from the largest possible research population for latest theories, and for direct communication with the original scholars.