On the morning of July 1, 2024, the 9th Zhi-Hong International Summer School of Advanced Materials, hosted by the School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), was inaugurated in the Yao Zheng Auditorium, Xu Zuyao Building. The theme of this year's summer school is "Future Materials". Prof. Qing Dai (Dean of the SMSE), Prof. Tao Deng (Dean of the Graduate School of SJTU), Prof. Tianquan Lin (Vice Dean of SMSE), Prof. Peng Zhang (Assistant Dean of SMSE), Prof. Sergey V. Ushakov and Prof. Chunchao Chen (lecturer representative), Xundan Xue (International Office of the Graduate School), and other relevant faculty members of the working group attended the ceremony. The ceremony was presided over by Dr. Chen Shen, with 39 participants from nine countries, Russia, Serbia, Brazil, Australia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Singapore, Pakistan, and China.