We report the recent progress on the conceptual design of the target station and neutron scattering spectrometers for the Chinese Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS). The CSNS target station will be constructed with three parts: tungsten targets cooled by heavy water

Be/Fe reflectors and Fe/high-density-iron-aggregate-concrete shields. There will be 3 WING moderators: water (300 K)

liquid methane (100 K) and liquid hydrogen (20 K)

and 18 horizontal neutron channels for neutron scattering spectrometers. The Monte Carlo simulation shows that the optimized ratio of height to width of the target cross-section is ~1:2.5. With a nuclear power of 100 kW

the pulsed neutron flux is 2.4 × 1016 cm?2·s?1 for a 40 mm× 100 mm× 10 mm × 40 target stack. The emitted heat is about 47 kJ/s

the target temperature is somewhat higher than 90°C with a normal cooling efficiency

and the strain should be lower than 0.2 mm. Initially 5 typical spectrometers are chosen to be constructed

including a high intensity powder diffractometer

a high resolution powder diffractometer

a small angle scattering spectrometer

a reflectometer and a direct geometry inelastic neutron scattering spectrometer. These spectrometers can cover more than 80 % of the neutron scattering applications.