Idea-Tops International Design Forum was established by Idea-Tops Organizing Committee, well-known professors and academic leaders from 22 top universities in the world, including Harvard, Yale, Cambridge, Princeton, MIT, Tsinghua University and Peking University. Zheng Shiling (Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences) serves as chairman of Idea-Tops International Design Forum, Lu Xiaobo (President of Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University) serves as vice chairman, and Liu Yu-Tung (Doctor of Design at Harvard University, Vice President of Asia University, Taiwan) serves as vice chairman and executive chairman. On December 2nd, 2015, the first Idea-Tops International Design Forum was held with the theme of "Design Exploration in the 21st Century". The establishment of Idea-Tops International Design Forum has provided strong academic support to Idea-Tops, and enabled Idea-Tops to promote cultural exchange and academic communication between Chinese and western design at a new academic level and with a higher international vision.