In 2018, the Inaugural WLA Annual Forum welcomed 35 leading scientists from all over the world, among them 26 Nobel laureates. The 2nd WLF included 65 prize-winners from 16 countries, among them 44 Nobel laureates. Though the pandemic posed enormous challenges, WLA spared no effort in ensuring successful and fruitful meetings in a hybrid format, and the following consecutive WLF witnessed grand gathering and valuable intellectual exchanges among 137 laureates in 2020, and 131 in 2021. It is also noteworthy that a total number of 83 Nobel laureates have participated in the WLF.

WLF proves to be a valuable platform for communications across national borders, fields, disciplines and generations. It pioneered a series of featured programs - the “Mobius Forum” where leading scientists look into the future of science and technology; the “Young Scientists Forum” where laureates share their views with the younger generations at "tablecloth"; the “T Conference”, which aims at promoting popularization and dissemination of science to teenagers and the public. In 5 years since its establishment, WLF has become the most anticipated scientific event of the year.