On June 3-5, 2015, International Symposium on Terrestrial Paleocene Biota and Paleobiogeography, jointly hosted by Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Tianzhushan Global Geopark, was held in Qianshan County, Anhui Province. Nearly 30 experts and scholars from China, America and France participated in the academic discussion and communication.

Relevant leaders and guests from the government of Qianshan County, Tianzhushan Geopark Administration Committee and Qianshan Museum attended the opening ceremony. Deputy director Deng Tao of IVPP, CAS and deputy mayor Cao Liquan of the people’s government of Qianshan County made speeches. Wang Yuanqing and Zhang Zhaoqun, researchers of IVPP, CAS, Professor Philip D. Gingerich from Museum of Paleontology and University of Michigan, Professor K. Christopher Beard from Biodiversity Institute & Dept. of Ecol. & Evol. Biology and University of Kansas, Professor Meng Jin from American Museum of Natural History, Professor Tong Haiyan from Paleontological Research and Education Centre and Mahasarakham University and other experts successively made academic reports. Participants actively made communication and discussion on the research progress of the terrestrial Paleocene Biota and Paleobiogeography in recent years.

In addition, experts investigated main fossil localities, the granite landform and stone-carved inscriptions of Tianzhushan Global Geopark, putting forward many constructive suggestions. This symposium was of great significance to promote the scientific research, science popularization and the protection of resources, and promoted the cooperation with scientific research institutions and international communication.