The China Lijiang IFU (CHILI) project's inaugural "cook-off" meeting was held at KIAA-PKU on November 15, 2014. This was the first time the CHILI science team members, including over 50 active scientists and engineers, met together and discuss CHILI's science capabilities and execution plans. This meeting marks the start of CHILI as a scientific project. The meeting was jointly organized by the KIAA and the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory.
