Invited by Prof. Anthony Ewart from University of Queensland and Prof. David H Green from University of Tasmania, Prof. Yaoling NIU attended 3rd Global Geologists Annual Meeting and visited University of Queensland and University of Tasmania, respectively, from 19th July to 25th July.

The theme of the 3rd Global Geologists Annual Meeting is “Recent developments in geology and earth science”, advocated by editors of several international geology journal, such as Journal of Geology & Geoscience，Journal of Geophysics & Remote Sensing. As the executive editor of Science Bulletin and one of the committee members, Yaoling was invited to attend this meeting and made an oral report "Geological understanding of plate tectonics: Basic concepts, illustrations, examples and new perspectives”, my personal understand on Plate tectonic and some new views, the topic raised the debate among geologists from all over the world.

University of Queensland and University of Tasmania are two of most famous universities in Australia. Yaoling has been cooperating with Prof. Anthony Ewart from University of Queensland and Prof. David H Green from University of Tasmania for many years. During this visit,he did academic reports on the origin of the ocean lithosphere, communicated and discussed warmly with the professors and students , and considering more cooperation in the further.