In November 2019, the two-day First Asian Palaeontological Congress (APC) with celebrations on the 90th anniversary of the Palaeontological Society of China (PSC) was grandly held in the China Hall of Science and Technology in Beijing. The APC 2019 was organized by NIGPAS etc. with the topic of “Palaeontology of New Era in Asia: Collaboration and Innovation”. This congress exhibited the recent progresses achieved by a variety of topics of the palaeontological studies in Asia, and strengthen the collaborations and communications for palaeontological societies among Asian countries in the fields of scientific research, education, fossil protection and museum displays.