The symposium was hosted by Bureau of International Co-operation Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry，CAS. During the meeting, 3 invited reports were given by the domestic and foreign experts，and there were other 16 presentations and seminars indifferent venue. Experts from the USA, France, Australia, and Uzbekistan etc. discussed the latest developments in the field.

The goal of ISEPR2012 is to provide an opportunity to exchange the achievements in the studies on resources, cultivations, chemical constituents, bioactivities and medical applications of edible plants, to discuss the hot points and the core problems in the relevant fields, and to foresee the prospect in basic researches and technologies. The latest developments in this field home and abroad are expected to promote scientific exchanges, cooperation and communications among the scientists around the world.