ICGG Successfully held the 2nd Session of the 2nd Term of the Governing Board and Scientific Committee Meeting
Release time : 2026-09-28
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Prof. Shahbaz Khan, Director of the UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia, and Ms. Ge Siying, Deputy Secretary-General of the Secretariat of the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO, attended the meeting and delivered opening remarks. They fully acknowledged the achievements of ICGG and hoped that ICGG would further expand its international cooperation network, consolidate capacity building for talents and leverage its platform to serve global sustainable development.
Updates on personnel changes within the ICGG were presented at the meeting. Mr. Xiao Du, Director of ICGG, delivered the ICGG 2025 Work Progress, covering research advancement, international platform operation, external cooperation, and team capacity building. Dr. Wang Xueqiu, Chief Scientist of ICGG, reported on scientific progress and the development and revision of the UNESCO-ICGG Guideline of Global Geochemical Baselines.
During the panel discussion, the representatives deliberated on ICGG development, scientific research layout, ICGG guideline and standard promotion, international cooperation, data platform building, talent raining and fostering. The Governing Board and Scientific Committee members proposed to further advance the Chemical Earth International Big Science Program and promote interdisciplinary integration between geochemistry, big data and artificial intelligence; to improve the global geochemical baselines sample bank and database, standardize data sharing while safeguarding intellectual property rights; to promote ICGG guidelines and standards; to expand program for young visiting scholars and joint training; to host high-level international scientific events. Institution representatives from Zimbabwe, Türkiye, Laos, Russia and other countries expressed their willingness to deepen bilateral cooperation.
The meeting voted on the agenda items. It reviewed and adopted the ICGG 2025 Work Progress, the newly revised UNESCO-ICGG Guideline of Global Geochemical Baselines, and Minutes of 2nd Session of the 2nd Term of the Governing Board and Scientific Committee Meeting. Mr. Xiao Du, Director of ICGG, expressed that ICGG would implement the consensus reached at the meeting. It will strengthen international cooperation, improve platform building, deliver high-quality scientific outcomes and continuously enhance its international influence.
