During the 8th National Conference on Mineral Deposits of China in Nanchang, 2006, the council meeting of the Committee on Mineral Deposits, Geological Society of China decided to change the quadrennial National Conference on Mineral Deposits of China to biennial from now on. Since rapid economic development requires more and more mineral resources, geologists from both industrial and academic organizations have made major contributions and many great achievements during the past two years. In order to promote academic exchange, create a stronger a connection between research and exploration, and upgrade future ore prospecting, the 9th Ninth National Conference on Mineral Resources will be held at the China University of Geoscience, Beijing, between November 7th and 10th, 2008. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we warmly welcome all geologists from universities, governmental organizations and different fields of industry to participate in the conference.
     With the decision to open the historical national conference to participants from outside China made by Committee on Mineral Deposit, Geological Society of China, we believe the Biennial 9th NCMDC will be a historical milestone. We also sincerely welcome all colleagues and friends over the world to join us in Beijing.

   Co-sponsors of the Conference
     Committee on Mineral Deposit, Geological Society of China
     Committee on Mining Geology，Geological Society of China
     Committee on Geochemistry of Ore Deposit, China Society of Mineral, Rock and Geochemistry
     International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD)
     Society of Economic Geologists (SEG)
     Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA)
     Society of Resource Geology (SGR)
     China Geological Survey
     National Natural Science Foundation (NFSC)
     China Mining Association
     Administrative Office of Relaying Sources Exploration Project
     Administrative Center of Geological Exploration Fund, Ministry of Land and Resources
     China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
     Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
     Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
     Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
     Geological Survey Center of Non-ferrous Metals
     Beijing Institute of Nuclear Industry Geology
     Key Laboratory of Mineralization and Resource Assessment, Ministry of Land and Resources
     State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Sources
     State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry
     State Key Laboratory of Ore-forming Mechanism of Endogenetic Metal Deposit
     Key Laboratory of Applied Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
     Centre for Russian and Central EurAsian Mineral Studies (CERCAMS)

   Undertakers of the Conference
     China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
     Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
     State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Sources
     Key Laboratory of Mineralization and Resource Assessment, Ministry of Land and Resources

   Conference Organizing Committee
     1. Directing Committee
    Director：Wang Min
    Vice Directors: Zhong Ziran, Peng Qiming, Liu Lianhe, Wu Ganguo, Zhu Lixin, Zeng Shaojin, Cheng Liwei, Deng Zhiqi
    Members:Chang Yinfo, Cai Yucheng, Chen Jinghe, Dong Shuwen, Duo Ji, He Jishan, Li Tingdong, Liu Guangding, Pei Rongfu, Sun Shu, Tang Zhongli, Teng Jiwen, Wang Shichen, Xie Xuejin, Ye Tianzhu, Yu Chongwen, Zai Yusheng, Zhang Hongtao, Zhang Jindai, Zhao Pengda, Zhao Wenjin, Zheng Mianping
     2. Organizing Committee
    Chairman: Chen Yuchuan
    Vice Chairmen:Bai Wancheng, Chen Renyi, Nigel Cook, Richard Goldfarb, Hao Ziguo, Hou Zengqian, Hu Ruizhong, Ju Yitai, Li Ziying, Liu Yuqiang, Mao Jingwen, Ni Shijun, Jan Pašava, Peng Shenglin, Wang Jingbin, Wang Ruijiang, Wang Yisui, Xia Xuehui, Yan Guangsheng, Yasushi Wtanabe, Yao Shuzhen, Zai Mingguo, Zhou Shaoping
    Members:Antonio Arribas, Chen Xiangyun, Chen Yanjing, Cheng Qiuming, Dai Minzhu, Dai Tagen, Ding Shijiang, Du Jianguo, Duan Huanchun, Duan Zhenhao, Dong Lianhui, Fan Hongrui, Guo Jinyi, Shunso Ishihara, Jia Baohua, Jiang Shaoyong, David Leach, Li Guangming, Li Wenchang, Li Wenyuan, Liu Chenglin, Liu Jianming, Liu Jiajun, Liu Xiaodong, Lu Zhicheng, Lu Minjie, Luo Huabao, Luo Xianrong, Lu Qingtian, Mo Jiangping, Mo Xuanxue, Nie Fengjun, Niu Shuyin, Pan Zhongfang, Franco Pirajno, Qin Kezhang, Qing Min, Reimar Seltmann, Shi Xuefa, Shen Yuanchao, Sun Baosheng, Sun Jinggui, Sun Xiaoming, Wang Anjian, Wang Denghong, Wang Dongsheng, Wang Juli, Wang Jianguo, Wang Xueqiu, Xiao Keyan, Xue Qiuhua, Xue Chunji, Yan Changhai, Yang Xingke, Yao Yupeng, Yi Pihou, Zhang Da, Zhang Qiling, Zhou Meifu, Zhou Taofa, Zhou Yongzhang, Zhu Yongfeng
    Secretary Generals: Mao Jingwen, Deng Jun, Liu Yuqiang
    Secretary Group: Sun Wenhong, Xue Chunji, Tang Juxing, Qin Kezhang, Wang Yitian, Zhao Caisheng, Wang Jingchun

   Thematic Sessions
     1. Regional mineral resources and metallogeny
        Conveners: Hou Zengqian, Deng Jun, Dong Lianhui, Wang Denghong, Chen Yanjing
     2. Cu-Ni-Pt-Pd-Cr-Ti-V deposits related to mafic-ultramafic rocks
        Conveners: Li Wenyuan, Zhou Meifu, Shu Shangguo, Song Xieyan
     3. Ore-forming process of gold deposits and their geological settings
        Conveners: Hu Ruizhong, Nie Fengjun, Qing Min, Liu Jiajun, Sun Xiaoming
     4. Ore-forming process and exploration of uranium deposits
        Conveners：Li Ziying, Dai Minzhu, Chen Peirong
     5. Mineralization of magmatism-related metal deposits
        Conveners: Zhu Yongfeng, Hua Renmin, Zhou Taofa, Qu Xiaoming, Bi Xianwu
     6. Modern and ancient submarine exhalation mineralization
        Conveners: Gu Lianxing, Zeng Zhigang, Shi Xuefa, Peng Runmin, Zhu Youhai, Gao Aiguo
     7. Continental hypergene mineralization and high-enrichment of elements
        Conveners: Liu Chenglin, Li Jianwei, Qi Wen, Gu Xuexiang
     8. Simulation and experiment of ore-forming process
        Conveners: Duan Zhenhao, Liu Yun, Zhang Xuetong, Chen Jiawei
     9. Geochemical trace on mineralization and ore-forming geochronology
        Conveners: Jiang Shaoyong, Li Yanhe, Xue Chunji, Chen Fukun
     10. Geological fluid and mineralization
        Conveners: Fan Hongrui, Ni Pei, Zhang Dequan, Xue Jiuhua, Xu Wenyi
     11. Theory and method of geochemical exploration
        Conveners: Wang Xueqiu, Luo Xianrong, Jia Guoxiang
     12. Theory and methods of geophysical exploration
        Conveners: Lu Qingtian, Liang Guanghe, Yao Jingjin, Meng Xiaohong, Tang Jingtian, Hu Yuping
     13. Theory and method of remote sensing
        Conveners: Zhu Guchang, Yang Jinzhong, Yang Jianmin, Ma Jianwen, Hu Guangdao
     14. Theory and methods of ore prospecting at depth
        Conveners: Peng Shenglin, Lu Guxian, Zhao Caisheng
     15. Prospecting and searching new ores for the operating mines
        Conveners: Yan Guangsheng, Lu Zhicheng, Liu Hongchen
     16. Theory and methods of mineral assessment
        Conveners: Xiao Keyan, Bai Wancheng, Cheng Qiuming, Luo Huabao
     17. Strategy of mineral resources, mining economy and sustainable development
        Conveners: Wang Anjian, Feng Xinbin, Zhou Yongzhang, Liu Jianming, He Fayu
     18. Assessment and utilization of the tailings
        Conveners: Zeng Shaojin, Wang Yisui, Zhang Deming Peng Gong

   Post- or Pre-meeting Field Trips
     1. Jiaodong Au deposits
     2. Porphyrite Fe deposit, and porphyry-skarn Cu-Au-Mo deposits in the Low-Middle Reaches of Yangze River
     3. Baolun Au deposit, Shilu IOCG ore deposit in Hainan Island
     4. Mo, Au, and Pb-Zn-Ag deposits in the west Henan province
     5. W-Sn polymetallic deposits in the south Hunan province
     Detailed information about the field trips, including names of the deposits to be visited, the cost of the field trips, and their dates, will be given in the second circular.

   Oral Presentations and Posters
     The conference consists of plenary session and thematic sessions. The length of the keynote oral presentations of plenary session and thematic session is 30 minutes. General oral presentations within the thematic session should be 20 minutes.
     One or two posters can be presented by participants. The available space for a poster is 120 cm vertical height and 95 cm horizontal width.

   Abstracts and Papers
     The maximum length of abstract manuscripts is two pages (less than 2,500 words) including figures, tables and references, which should be submitted as WOTRD documents using the format of Mineral Deposits (KUANG CHUANGDIZHI). After review, the accepted abstracts will be published in the Proceedings Volume. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 30th July 2008. Besides the abstracts, the conference committee encourages participants to submit papers with full text, which will be recommended to the journals Acta Geologica Sinica (both Chinese and English editions), Geological Reviews, Mineral Deposits (KUANG CHUANGDIZHI), Journal of Petrology and Mineralogy, Geology and Prospecting, and Acta Geoscientia Sinica.
     Contact: Dr. Zhang Changqing (zcqchangqing@sina.com)

   Conference language
     Chinese or English

   Registration Fee
     The registration fees are 1200RMB for regular participants (500RMB for students), and 500RMB for accompanying guests until 31st August, 2008. After 30st August 2008, registration fees are 1500RMB for regular participants (600RMB for students), and 600RMB for accompanying guests.
     Students should present his/her student’s identity card for registration. Cancellation of registration received by the conference secretariat up to two months before the conference will be refunded at 80%. No refunds will be made after that time.
      Payment methods for registration:
     A. Bank Transfer
      Bank:
      Account: Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
      Account Number: 0200001409008818567
     B．Post Remittance
     Address: 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing        Post Code: 100037
     Receiver: Science and Technology Department, Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
     C. Payment on-site registration.

   Accommodation
     Meals and hotel accommodations will be arranged by the conference committee. Costs will be paid by the participants.

   Venue and Date
     Venue：Academic Exchange Center, China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
     Date: November 7-10, 2008.

   Contacts
    1. Guo Chunli, Sun Wenhong, Qi Feng, Tang Juxing
     Institution: Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
     Address: 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing
     Post Code: 100037
     Tel: +86-10-68335862
     Fax: +86-10-68327263
     E-mail：gchunli@126.com, sunwh@263.net, tangjuxing@126.com
    2. Xue Chunji
     Institution: China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
     Address: 29 Xueyuan Road, Beijing           Post Code: 100083
     Tel: 010-82321383             E-mail：chunji.xue@cugb.edu.cn

The Conference Organizing Committee
25th January, 2008
The China Ninth Conference on Mineral Resources
Registration Form

    Please post or email the finished Registration Form to the conference contact before30^th August, 2008. Be sure to include your e-mail address.