From May 2 to 4, 2019, the annual meeting of the Chinese Geographic Society (East China) in 2019 was held in Ningbo, sponsored by the Chinese Geographic Society. With the theme of “Geography and Green Development”, the conference invited the academicians of Xiajun College of Wuhan University, Professor Jiang Guojun of Zhejiang Normal University, Professor Lu Huayu of Nanjing University, Professor Yang Xiaoping of Zhejiang University, Professor Liu Min of East China Normal University, Professor Yuan Linwang of Nanjing Normal University, Professor Chen Xing of Institute of Geographic Science and Resources of Chinese Academy of Sciences and other famous experts and scholars from China to Meeting.The conference attracted more than 1000 delegates from universities, scientific research institutes and relevant departments of geography, exchanged frontier theories and research hotspots in the field of geography, shared new trends in academic research and major needs of national macro-decision-making, and provided practical basis for the green development of geography.

Professor Yuan Linwang and his doctoral students Gao Hong, Zhou Xinxin and several graduate students jointly attended the meeting. On May 2, Professor Yuan Linwang, as an invited guest, gave a report entitled “The Theory and Method of Scene GIS Construction”, introducing the theoretical research of Scene GIS from the aspects of the subject ownership of Geographic Information Science and the demand of social services, and planning and thinking about the future of Scene GIS.

Following the invitation, 12 parallel conference sessions with different themes were set up. On the afternoon of May 3, Dr. Zhou Xinxin presented a report on “the Accessibility of Comprehensive Urban Service Facilities based on Multiple Modes of Transportation” at the Theme Conference of “High-quality Integration and Urban Agglomeration Development in the Yangtze River Delta”. On the morning of May 4, Dr. Gao Hong gave a report on “Pulse Response of Vehicle Flow to Air Pollution on Ring-shaped Expressway in Coastal Cities” at the Theme Conference of “Resources, Environment and Sustainable Development in the Eastern Coastal Region”. Both reports were widely concerned and discussed by experts, scholars and students.