The 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland (Credit: IHB) 

The 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland was held in Wuhan during December 25 and 29. More than 230 scholars, experts and technical staff from over 40 universities, institutes and enterprises attended the symposium both online and offline.   

The theme of the symposium centered on the role of constructed wetlands in regional environmental protection and ecological restoration in the post-epidemic era.    

The opening ceremony of the symposium was chaired by HU Wei, deputy director of IHB. YIN Zhan, director of IHB, gave a welcome speech.    

Other people addressed at the ceremony included WANG Yanxin, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and president of China University of Geosciences in Wuhan; HOU Li-An and MAO Zhi, members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; CAO Wenxuan, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor of IHB; SONG Shaoxian, a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences;
; Hsing Juh Lin, president of the Taiwan Wetland Society; SHEN Yi, deputy director general of Bureau of International Cooperation under the Chinese Academy of Sciences; DU Yun, deputy director general of Hubei Science and Technology Department; REN Xianyou, deputy director general of Wuhan Ecological Environment Bureau; RAO Lihua, deputy director of the Water Area Administration Office of the West Lake; MA Teng, dean of the School of Environmental Studies of China University of Geosciences in Wuhan; YU Ming, president of Hainan Tianhong Municipal Design Co. Ltd.    

The symposium consisted of two keynote speeches, five plenary speeches, 33 oral presentations, and more than 50 poster presentations and submitted papers. Topics varied from the elimination and control of pathogenic microorganisms in the air, wetland protection and restoration, heavy metal removal by microalgae, to wetland literacy.    

As part of the symposium program, all the offline attendees had a field trip to the demonstration base of the ecological restoration of water ecology of the East Lake, and visited the exhibition on COVID-19 battle.    

The symposium was jointly organized by Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan, and Taiwan Wetland Society. Wuhan University of Technology, the Water Area Administration Office of the West Lake, Committee for Environmental Biology under the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, Wuhan Technology and Business University, and Hainan Tianhong Municipal Design Co., Ltd sponsored the symposium.    

Since 2008, the Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland, initiated and organized by Prof. WU Zhenbin and Prof. Lei Yang, has been held eleven times in Wuhan, Kaohsiung, Haikou, Taipei, Yichang, Hangzhou, Chiayi, Yinchuan, Shenzhen and Kaohsiung respectively. It has served as an increasingly mature and diversified platform for the cross-strait experts and technical managers through conversation, investigation, staff exchange and other various forms. The experts and representatives communicated with each other, exchanged ideas and promoted friendship, and gained dozens of cross-strait exchange cooperation and fruitful achievement. 

IHB deputy director HU Wei chairs the opening ceremony of the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB) 

YIN Zhan, director of IHB, gives a welcome speech at the opening ceremony of the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB)  

　　
WANG Yanxin, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and president of China University of Geosciences in Wuhan, addresses at the opening ceremony of the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB)  

　　
HOU Li-An, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, addresses at the opening ceremony of the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB) 

YANG Zhifeng, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, gives a keynote speech at the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB)
 

MAO Zhi, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, addresses at the opening ceremony of the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB)  

CAO Wenxuan, a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, addresses at the opening ceremony of the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB) 

SONG Shaoxian, a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, gives a keynote speech at the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB)  

YANG Lei, director of the Center for Water Resources Studies at Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan, addresses at the opening ceremony of the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB) 

　　
Hsing Juh Lin, president of the Taiwan Wetland Society, addresses at the opening ceremony of the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB)   

CHENG Chanbo, chief supervisor of Taiwan Wetland Society, gives a keynote speech at the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB)  

MIAO Wei, deputy director of IHB, chairs the closing ceremony of the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB)  

SHEN Yi, deputy director general of Bureau of International Cooperation under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, addresses at the opening ceremony of the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB)   

DU Yun, deputy director general of Hubei Science and Technology Department, addresses at the opening ceremony of the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB)     

　　
REN Xianyou, deputy director general of Wuhan Ecological Environment Bureau, addresses at the opening ceremony of the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB)     

RAO Lihua, deputy director of the Water Area Administration Office of the West Lake, addresses at the opening ceremony of the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB)     

MA Teng, dean of the School of Environmental Studies of China University of Geosciences in Wuhan, addresses at the opening ceremony of the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB)     

Prof. WU Zhenbin gives a keynote speech at the 11^th Cross-Strait Symposium on Constructed Wetland. (Credit: IHB)  

　　
The offline attendees have a field trip to the demonstration base of the ecological restoration of water ecology of the East Lake. (Credit: IHB)  

　　The offline attendees visit the exhibition on COVID-19 battle. (Credit: IHB)