The 5th International Symposium on Cold Atom Physics (ISCAP-V) will be held on June 23-27, 2012 in Three Gorge, China. This ongoing series of symposiums held every even-numbered year since 2004, is organized by the Center for Cold Atom Physics (CCAP) of CAS, and sponsored by the CAS and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). The Symposium aims to bring together scientists around the world in the field of cold atom physics and relevant subjects in atomic and molecular and optical physics, and to provide a forum for communication and discussions on the progress.