On December 27-29, 2016, "The East Lake International Forum for Outstanding Overseas Young Scholars in 2016" was held in Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO). Dr. Hongzhi Guo from the State University of New York at Buffalo, Dr. Yue Cao from Northumbria University, Dr. Lei Zhang from the University of Surrey, Dr. Peng Wang from Huawei Swedish Institute, Dr. Xiaohu Fang from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Dr. Mingjie Feng from the Auburn University attended the forum and gave wonderful talks.