On October 20, 2021, mLife, an English journal co-sponsored by Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Society for Microbiology, held its first editorial board meeting in THE Institute of Microbiology. The meeting was conducted online and offline simultaneously. 57 editorial board members including Academician Fang Rongxiang, Director Qian Wei and other teachers from relevant functional departments (40 online staff,Offline 17 people) attended the meeting.The conference was hosted by mLife editor-in-chief Huang Li, a researcher.