On September 17th, the 2nd Sino-Australian Environmental Biogeochemical Forum was held at HZAU attracting over 60 experts, scholars and postgraduates engaged in soil science, microbiology and environmental sciences from many universities and institutes including Australian Griffith University, Newcastle University, and Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research Chinese Academy of Sciences. The opening ceremony was presided over by Professor Huang Qiaoyun, dean of the college of Resources and Environment, HZAU.
Vice president Ching Ping attended the meeting and delivered a welcome speech to all the experts from afar. He said: “this year is the 120th anniversary of the founding of our university and the 70th anniversary of the establishment of College of Resources and Environment. And our university and colleges have organized plenty of academic conferences providing teachers and students with a platform for communication and discussion, in the hope of kindling their sparks of thought in the academic exchanges.” Affected by typhoon, Li Fangbai, director of the Guangdong Institute of Eco-environment Science & Technology, who was unable to attend the meeting, congratulated HZAU on its 120th anniversary and the college on its 70th birthday by a remote video. He pointed out that the ecological environment is a global issue, and environmental researchers should enhance exchanges and cooperation. Subsequently, Vice president Qing and Professor Chen Chengrong from Griffith University jointly unveiled the nameplate of the China-Australia Joint Laboratory of Environmental Biogeochemistry & the China-Australia Soil Pollution Remediation Research Center. The establishment of the joint laboratory will provide a good platform for scientific and technological cooperation, personnel training and academic exchanges between China and Australia, with a view to making positive contributions to the creation of world-class research results.
At the meeting, fifteen experts were invited to give lectures, mainly on the issues of soil quality and environmental sustainability, with a special focus on the role of iron of microorganisms and red soils in the biogeochemical cycle, the remediation mechanism of microorganisms in contaminated soils, the application prospects of biogeochemical techniques in improving agricultural productivity and maintaining sustainable development of environment, etc. In line with the trend of the times and closely related to their research, this forum has attracted many teachers and students from both HZAU and other domestic universities and is highly commended by the attendees.
Source: http://news.hzau.edu.cn/2018/0920/52703.shtml
Translated by: Liu Jiadi
Supervised by: Zeng Wenhua
