REMagnet——AWorldChallengingSubject:Gortham/IntertechorganizeditssecondChinaconferenceonmagneticmaterialsinGuilininOctober(seedetailsinNewsinBriefthisissue),shortlyafteritsThirdInternationalConferenceonPolymerBondedMagnetsinAtlantathisApril,whichreflectsthefollowingconcerns:HowabouttheFutureoftheRawMaterialSupplyConsideringtheRapidDevelopmentofREMagneticMaterialsIndustry;AndWhatRolesChinaWillPlayintheFieldsofRareEarthandMagneticMaterialIndustries.