On Sep. 4-11, the 7^th APGN symposium was held both online and on site in Satun UGGp, Thailand. Tianzhushan representative attended the symposium.

During the symposium, APGN AC meeting and CC meeting were held and new AC members were voted. At the opening ceremony, Mr. Kristof Vandenberghe, chief of Earth Sciences and Geoparks Section of UNESCO, Prof. Nickolas Zouros, GGN President, Prof. Xiaochi Jin, APGN Coordinator, Mr. Immanuel Deo Silalahi, Chairperson of UGGp Youth Forum and Dr. Ozlam Adiyaman Lope, Programme Specialist of Earth Sciences and Geoparks Section of UNESCO gave keynote speeches. In the following sessions, APGN geoparks gave oral presentations and shared experience on development and management of geoparks. Tianzhushan Geopark shared its science popularization work online.

At the closing ceremony, it was declared that the 8^th APGN symposium would be held in Cao Bang UGGp, Vietnam in 2024. It was expected that UGGps would exchange face to face by then.