SUMMARY OF THE 10^TH CONGRESS OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY OF CHINA

From October 13 to 21, 2016, the 10^th Congress of Engineering Geology of China was successfully held in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. It was participated by nearly 1, 500 delegates. It is the first time for the Congress to have had more than one thousand participants. The Congress set up six sub-venues, one special lecture and one youth-exclusive lecture. The topics include transportation, energy, ocean, city and other major engineering geology problems in the One Belt and One Road Initiative, new theories and technology of engineering geology, education and development of engineering geology. It had 21 specially invited reports, 58 keynote reports, 220 group reports and 19 youth-exclusive reports. It provided a board platform for domestic and foreign experts to communicate with each other widely and deeply. This Congress demonstrated the rich achievements of engineering geology fundamental research in China, embodied the innovative and practical application of engineering geological technology, and highlighted the development of engineering practice which serves for the national strategy and sprints to difficulties and hotspots. China's engineering geology is developing prosperously, and making more and more international influence.