The 8th International Conference on Fluid Power Transmission and Control, ICFP 2013, was successfully held at Sheraton hotel in Xixi wetland, Hangzhou, from Apr. 9 to Apr. 11, 2013. The honorary president of the conferencen is the director of academic committee of the State Key Laboratory of Fluid Powen Transmission and Control, academician Lu Yongxiang. And the chairman of the conference is professor Chen Ying and professor Wang Qiangfeng.