On 21st August, CAS Academicians JIN Zhijun and ZOU Caineng headed a delegation to visit SESS for academic exchange. The delegation also includes Professor Zhang Shuichang, Director of Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, and Professor Zhang Lifei, Dean of School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University.
The delegation gave four presentations on the Spirit of Innovation, Shale Oil and Gas Revolution, Into the Earth’s Middle Ages, and UHP metamorphic belt of Tianshan Mountains. Discussions on the frontier of earth system science and explorations on possible cooperation were made.
During the visit, the delegation visited the History Museum of Tianjin University and the labs at SESS. They spoke highly of TJU’s 125-year development as well as the success of its geology program in its early period, and hoped to develop long-term cooperation of mutual interest.
