Fossil Summit Forum -China (Changsha) Minerals & Gems Show (CMGS)
Source: www.mlr.gov.cn Citation: www.mlr.gov.cn Date: May 18, 2013
At 9:00 on May 18, Fossil Summit Forum, one of the theme activities of China (Changsha) Minerals & Gems Show (CMGS) was hosted in the News Center of Hunan International Convention and Exhibition Center. Fossils experts, collectors and industry bodies around the world made a lively exchange on the topic of "Strengthening protection researches of fossil and promoting international exchanges and cooperation".
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Fossil Summit Forum
The Fossil Forum was jointly organized by the Geological Environment Department at the Ministry of Land and Resources of P.R.C. and the People’s Government of Hunan Province and co-hosted by the Affairs Office of the National Fossils Experts Committee and Hua Xia (Hunan) Mineral and Gem Exhibition Co., Ltd.. Guan Fengjun chaired the forum, who is the head of the Geological Environment Department at the Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) and Chen Xiaoning, deputy director of Geological Environment Department at MLR chaired the idea-exchanging section in the forum. Wang Min, vice minister of MLR and the director of the National Fossils Experts Committee and Xu Yunzhao, deputy party secretary of Hunan Provincial CPPCC attended and addressed the forum. The members of the National Fossils Experts Committee, representatives from fossil museums at home and abroad, exhibitors, directors of the regulatory agencies responsible for protecting human fossils and heads of the fossil resources area management agencies and industry experts, which are about 300 delegates, attended the forum.
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Wang Min, Vice Minister of MLR was addressed the forum
Wang Min, vice Minister of MLR said in his speech that the first CMGS hosted China`s first fossil show, which is a pioneering work. It opens a new stage to carry out the exchanges and protection of the fossils in its industry circulation, and it also raise new issues on the fossil exchanges and protection. We welcome this new change, and we need to understand the international forefront of the way to circulate and protect the fossil, so as to make the fossils get out of the exclusion area and get into the people`s spiritual and cultural life. Let the kids be exposed to the fossils in their childhood and understand the history of the wonderful evolution of the earth for increasing their love of the nature and understanding of the life.
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Xu Yunzhao, deputy party secretary of Hunan Provincial CPPCC addressed the forum
Xu Yunzhao, deputy party secretary of Hunan Provincial CPPCC said in his speech: “We should combine strengthening the fossil protection and enhancing the orderly circulation management of fossils excavation and science education. We should give full play to the important role of the international experts, museums, professional exhibitions, and educational institutions of science popularization in the fossils management of China.
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The experts at home and abroad delivered the keynote speeches
Shu Degan, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, director of Early Life Science Institute at Northwest University of China, Peter Larson, president of International Association of Fossils, Xu Xing, researcher of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jane Bramall, Australian scientist of paleontology and other guests participated in the forum and delivered the keynote speeches.
Jianchang County in Liaoning Province, China`s famous fossil resource-rich area, which abound in the "Biota of Yan and Liao Dynasty" and "Biota in Rehe Province" fossils, donated recovered statue of the famous fossils in Jian Chang to the Forum organizers, Wang Hongsheng, deputy secretary of Jianchang County introduced the fossils protection experience to the guests at the forum.
To display the fossils in the state-level international professional exhibition, and to host the Fossil Summit Forum on the global show of the fossils around the world for promoting exchanges through display and enhancing protection through exchanges are the new type of the exchange and protection of fossils spawned by the first CMGS, which fills the vacancy of the science popularization and exchanges of the fossils in China. It is a very beneficial attempt to further exploring how to orderly protect the fossils resources and gather the fossils information at home and abroad. At the same time, as an important part of the CMGS, the success of the fossil summit forum will also provide China an open platform with a broad vision on the conservation and research of the fossils, which will play a huge role in promoting the protection and research of the fossils resources in China and bring a new atmosphere for the fossils display, fossil science popularization, learning and communication.
Colorful fossils prove mix evolution of the masses and the life on Earth, which are the natural materials for the people to learn and understand the history of nature and development of the natural law. The CMGS brings the global fossil boutique as well as the industry experts to China. It will greatly promote China`s construction of the museums and the development of the earth science popularization, which benefits a country and its people. Through the promotion of fossils and scientific collections, the show will also become an important platform for science popularization and education. (Yu Hongqi) (translated by TLRHVC)
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