edited by Bai Yuting (Huazhong Normal University, China), Yu Meiling (Huazhong Normal University, China), & Wu Yuanfang (Huazhong Normal University, China)

This volume contains more than 80 papers by theorists and experimentalists in the field of multiparticle production. A large variety of domains in high energy physics are covered. For each of these domains, an overview is given before the newest results are presented.

• New Results and Developments
• Soft Processes
• Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions (Experiment)
• Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions (Theory)
• QCD in Hard Processes
• Fluctuations and Correlations
• Diffraction and Small-X Physics
• MPD in Astrophysics