NIGPAS researchers and PhD students took part in the 14^th IPC and 10^th IOPC in Salvador, Brazil in October, 2016. The joint meeting is held every 4 years. This time, the theme of the Conference was “Paleobotany and Palynology: towards new frontiers”. NIGPAS researchers gave 15 oral and 2 poster presentations throughout 11 sessions, disclosing the latest discoveries and the highest-level research in paleobotany and palynology in China.