NEW DEVELOPMENT TENDENCY OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY IN CHINASUMMARY REPORT OF THE 9TH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENGINEERING Geology

In October 2012,the 9th National Congress of Engineering Geology was held in Qingdao city, Shandong Province. This paper is based on its published papers, its academic presentations, and the knowledge of the engineering geology discipline development in China. It analyzed and summarized new tendency and new characteristics of the discipline. The science and technique and the practical requirements of engineering geology have been developed rapidly due to the fast development of national economy in recent years. The engineering geology has demonstrated the following features: (1)Research areas have extended from inland to ocean, from mountain to city. Marine engineering geology and urban geo-engineering environment geology will become the important research areas in future.(2)Research scales have extended gradually from the middle scale of engineering to the macro scale of the Earth, to the mesoscale of mineral particles and crystal particles, and even to the micro scale of molecular and atomic structures.(3)Detecting and test instruments for engineering geology are being developed domestically, which is a change from the past practice of importing instruments from overseas. Those with proprietary intellectual property rights will play a leading role in this field. In the end, the further efforts in engineering geology are pointed out.