On September 23-24, the 2024 China World Geopark Annual Meeting and the 20th Anniversary Seminar of the World Geopark Network were held in Xingyi, Guizhou. The theme of this meeting is "Inheriting the charm of geology and continuing to write a 20-year chapter", summarizing the experience of China's world geopark construction, discussing the key tasks of geoparks serving ecological civilization construction, and promoting the high-quality development of geoparks. The meeting was hosted by the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the National Geopark Network Center, and the China World Geopark Network Office. Wang Zhigao, chief economist of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, Hu Hongcheng, director of the Guizhou Provincial Forestry Bureau, and Chen Changxu, secretary of the Qianxinan Prefecture Party Committee, attended the opening ceremony of the annual meeting and delivered speeches. The director of the UNESCO East Asia Regional Office and others delivered speeches via video. The opening ceremony was hosted by Wei Yanguang, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and vice president of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and director of the National Geopark Network Center.
World Geopark is an important field of ecological civilization construction in my country, a vivid practice of the concept of "Green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains", and an important carrier for the global dissemination of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought. After 20 years of construction and development, China's World Geopark has played an important role in protecting geological relics, spreading earth science knowledge, and serving social and economic development, and has achieved remarkable results.
The conference invited influential experts and scholars from domestic and foreign geoparks to give keynote reports and conduct discussions on themes such as the construction experience of world geoparks, evaluation and protection of geological relics, sustainable development of geoparks, and international cooperation of geoparks. The conference proposed that in order to better serve the construction of ecological civilization and achieve high-quality development of China's world geoparks, first, it is necessary to improve the development model of the geopark management system and mechanism that conforms to the actual conditions of various places, and promote the realization of systematic protection and innovative utilization; second, it is necessary to further deepen the investigation and evaluation of geological relics and provide scientific support for the protection of geological relics; third, it is necessary to coordinate the realization of development in protection and protection in development, so as to better serve local economic construction and people's livelihood improvement; fourth, it is necessary to further strengthen the construction of the talent team of geoparks and cultivate young and middle-aged talents with an international perspective. Fifth, we should continue to promote international exchanges and cooperation among geological parks, strengthen publicity, and implement the sister park mechanism.
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