From April 22 to 28, 2023, 29 geoparks, including Funiu Mountain, Danxia Mountain and Yandang Mountain, and the Shaw Museum of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) jointly organized the fourth Asia-Pacific Geopark week and the 54th World Earth Day "Friendship Sister Park interaction" online and offline series of popular science activities with the theme of "cherishing the Earth, harmonious Symbiosis between Man and Nature”. The event is guided by the World Geopark Network, the Asia-Pacific Geopark Network and the National Geopark Network Center, supported by Earth Magazine, editorial Department of China Scenic spots and Wechat Public platform of China Scenic spots Association, co-sponsored by the foot crawler Natural Science Popularization Center. At present, all the activities have been successfully completed, and remarkable publicity results have been achieved, showing the following highlights:

01 Online activities were held

The event is rich in content, including the World Earth Day collection 5 Blessing popular science knowledge competition, online park photo exhibition, Geopark popular science course and route promotion, "the Most Beautiful imprint of the Earth" Geopark photography competition, Earth Magazine and popular science research is published in the special edition of Scenic Spots in China and other activities. The purpose of the event is to promote exchanges and cooperation among sister world geoparks, strengthen geological heritage protection and tourism development, and promote the concept and practice of global environmental protection.

Poster of the 54th Earth Day event

"The most Beautiful imprint of the Earth" Geopark Photography Competition

02 Offline activities are carried out

Various geoparks have carried out offline science popularization activities in an orderly manner. The activities include the launching ceremony of World Earth Day, the special exhibition of "scenery Photography works of China World Geopark", and the popular science lecture of "famous mountains into famous schools". Through this activity, cooperation and exchanges among geoparks have been strengthened, which has attracted many students, science lovers and tourists, promoted the protection of Geopark and the development of popular science education., and promoted the prosperity of tourism and the development of regional economy. At the same time, it also conveys the concept and practice of global environmental protection and contributes to the protection of the earth's environment.

03 Multi-channel publicity to enhance the influence of popular science

This event has made remarkable achievements, strengthened cooperation and exchanges among geoparks in the Asia-Pacific region, promoted promoted the development of geological heritage protection, popular science education and tourism industry., and publicized the concept and practice of global environmental protection. Various activities have been widely concerned and praised by the media and all walks of life. It is reported that the event has received support and attention from provincial governments and the National Geopark Administration. It was reported on people's Daily online, Baijia account, Today's headlines, The Surging, Weibo, Tencent News, Tik Tok and other self-media platforms. It has aroused widespread social attention and repercussions. Strengthening geological science education and promoting environmental protection and sustainable development have become important themes of this event, which have a positive impact and promotion on geological protection and geological science education.

04 Sister parks strengthen cooperation to jointly showcase the great rivers and mountains of the motherland

Global geoparks around the world have a variety of spectacular geological and landforms, including Danxia landforms, granite landforms, glacial landforms, karst landforms, volcanic landforms, quartz sandstone peak forest landforms, Yadan landforms, desert landforms, etc. These parks span billions of years of geological history, climates and ecosystems from tropical to temperate to boreal, as well as diverse cultural traditions and multi-ethnic societies. These landscapes complement and the long history and culture, vividly showing China's colorful and diverse geological landscapes and geopark culture.

Funiushan Global Geopark

Yanqing Global Geopark

Lei Qiong Global Geopark

Keshikten Global Geopark

This activity of "Friendship Sister Park interaction" is of great significance. Through such exchanges and cooperation, we can not only enhance the friendship between Geoparks, but also promote the development and protection of Geoparks. At the same time, the activity can also enhance public awareness and understanding of Geopark, let more people pay attention to geological disciplines and environmental protection, so as to promote the sustainable development of society. This activity not only promotes the communication between Geoparks, but also attracts the participation of the public all over the country, and greatly broadens the scope of influence of the activity. The event has been held four times in a row, and has become one of the brand popular science activities with high influence, which has played a positive role in promoting the brand construction and promotion of Geopark. It is hoped that there will be more attention and support for this type of activities in the future, further strengthen exchanges and cooperation between Geoparks, promote the development of geological disciplines, and let more people understand and love the earth.