A new home for the world mathematics: the grand opening of Tsinghua Sanya International Mathematics Forum (Q2257648)

The Tsinghua Sanya International Mathematics Forum (located at the southern extremity of the tropical island of Hainan) is a gigantic conference center opened on December 18, 2013. The article is an informal presentation of this realization and of the mathematicians present at the opening ceremony, including three Fields medalists, two Wolf Prize winners and a Shaw Prize laureate, among which were Eric Maskin, James Mirlees, David Gross, Yakov Sinai, Joseph Bernstein, Bao Chau Ngo and others. Lastly, this short article contains 21 photographs and we also note that the author is mainly interested in the mathematics of economy.