The 2018 National Young Scholar Symposium in Heat and Mass Transfer was held on April 13-15 in Beijing, hosted by University of Science and Technology Beijing and the Young Scientist Commette of Heat and Mass Transfer. Five professors, Profs Zengyuan Guo, Xiaofeng Sun, Qiuwang Wang, Hao Wang, and Zheng Bo, gave plenary talks. Over 300 young scientists in the area of heat and mass transfer attended the conference.