"Chinese Journal of Luminescence" (CJL) was founded in 1980, a monthly issue, co-sponsored by the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Luminescence Branch of the Chinese Physical Society. CJL is a comprehensive academic journal focusing on luminescence and the excited state processes in condensed matter. The current honorary editors are Academician Xu Xurong, Prof. Fan Xiwu and Academician Wang Lijun.