“Functional Glass” summer camp activities organized by International Glass Association and Chinese Ceramic Society held at Shanghai University from August 19th to 24th 2012. Nearly 40 people including young teaching staff, scientific and technical workers and PhD students from universities, research institutes and glass companies in China took part in those activities. The young researchers coming from the group members of Shanghai Ceramic Society, such as Dong Hua University, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics & Fine Mechanics Chinese Academy of Sciences etc. also took part in those activities. The leader of Chinese Ceramic Society made a special trip to present his address. During the activities the famous functional glass scholars from Japan, South Korea and China presented their research reports. The participants also visited related enterprises and research institutes at local area