The formation and early evolution of stars - an observational perspective, C.J. Lada; star forming molecular clouds, P.C. Myers; the birth of sunlike stars, F.H. Shu; star formation on a large scale, B.G. Elmegreen; Herbig Ae/Be stars, J.-Y. Hu; observations of circumstellar disks with millimeterwave molecular line and continuum emissions, M. Hayashi; circumstellar environments around young stars, W.-P. Chen; star formation in the galactic centre, P. Ho; observations of large scale star-forming regions and density wave triggering, D.M. Elmegreen; proto-stellar disks and the solar nebula, D.N.C. Lin; the formation of first generation stars in galaxies, D.N.C. Lin; early evolution of planet-forming disks, C. Yuan; giant molecular clouds and star formation on the galactic scale, G.-X. Song.
