On October 20, 2021, the 36th Annual Academic Meeting and Shaanxi Li Ping National Geopark Construction and Tourism Development Conference were held in Shaanxi Li Ping. The conference was held by National Geopark Network Center, from Geo-tourism and geopark research institute, branch of Geological Society of China, and was sponsored by Geological Society of China.
At the conference, professors and scholars gave lectures on several subjects, including geo-tourism and the development of geopark, the development patterns of geo-tourism, geo-tourism’s role in integrating nature and culture and in promoting China’s tourism industry in the post-epidemic era, and the process of and experience in founding a new geopark. Professors included Tian Mingzhong, Zheng Yuan, Liu Shuchen, Liu Changli, Zhang Xujiao, Liu Xingchun, Zhang Huizhong and Yang Yan.
At the invitation of the National Geopark Network Center, Yang Jianping, director of Qinling Zhongnanshan UNESCO Global Geopark, participated in the conference. During the conference, he fully communicated with the leaders, scientific research experts and other representatives of geoparks, and had in-depth discussions with them on the development and re-evaluation of the geopark.
Zhang Dongwei from Qinling Zhongnanshan UNESCO Global Geopark gave a keynote speech, titled “Innovative Future of Qinling Zhongnanshan UNESCO Global Geopark”, introducing the geopark’s achievements on science popularization system, development of science popularization products, poverty alleviation and research and development of science popularization products, which was highly praised by the attended professors and scholars.
