Responds to the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ guidance, NIGPAS has completed the proposal for the 14th Five-Year Plan in 2021. Three main research directions will be strengthened in future, including Origin and Early Evolution of Life on Earth, Origin and Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems, and High-Resolution Palaeogeography for Geological Basin of Sedimentary Minerals. Further, three cutting-edge research directions will be focused, i.e. Major biological events and ecosystem evolution in the Deep Time, Climate Change in Deep Time and Palaeo-Astrobiology, and Digital Palaeontology & Stratigraphy and Big Data Analysis.
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President of CAS HOU Jianguo (middle of the front row) inspects the institute (2021)
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Vice President of CAS YIN Hejun (second from right) inspects the institute (2021)
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Vice President of CAS GAO Hongjun (third from right) inspects the institute (2021)