Eight scientists on wood science from worldwide were elected as new fellows of the International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS) in the very beginning of 2014, including Prof. Fang Guigan and Prof. Fu Feng from the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF). Now CAF has nine IAWS fellows in total.

IAWS was founded and given its name in Paris, June 2, 1966. It is a non-profit assembly of wood scientists, recognizing all fields of wood science with their associated technological domains, and securing a worldwide representation. Now it has 379 fellows mostly from Europe, USA, Japan and Australia.