Abstract:
From October 13 to 21, 2016, the 10
th National Engineering Geological Conference is successfully held in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. In the opening ceremony, the author delivered a keynote presentation entitled "Engineering Geology: Review and Prospect of Past Ten Years". The author was the Chairman of the Eighth and Ninth Engineering Geology Committee. So this paper is his work review over past ten years. The author sums up with three phrases for the development of Engineering Geology in China over past ten years. They are a) Founding super engineering projects, b) Protecting people's well-being, c) Promoting the development of academic disciplines. Over the past ten years, Engineering Geology in China closely integrated with the national strategic demands and scientific and technical problems in engineering, provided the technical supports for the national super project construction, greatly reduced the death toll caused by the geological disasters through the theoretical innovation and the technological development, and made a large number of representative theoretical and technological results. The author also expresses his great expectation that China's Engineering Geology will reach the world's top level.