This conference is jointly supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and theNational Science Foundation of American (NSFA), hosted by ISL Research Prof. Zhongping Lai and Prof. Hailiang Dong from University of Miami, Sino-US 20 people attended the meeting.

Sino-USscientists inrelated fields discussed issues about theplateauenvironment, the microbialand ecological in the extreme environment. Moreover, the scientists studied out some scientific problems about cooperative research in the futureandthe feasibility of implementing scheme preliminarily. This meeting also supported by ISL, China University of Geosciences(CUG), CAS Key Laboratory of Salt Lakes Resources and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of nation.