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Professor Shahbaz Khan, the Representative and Director of UNESCO Beijing Office, Qin Changwei, the Secretary General of the China National Commission for UNESCO, Yan Guangsheng, a member of the Party Leadership Group of the China Geological Survey and director of the Natural Resources Comprehensive Survey Command Center, and Shi Junfa, director of the Development Research Center of the China Geological Survey, attended the celebration ceremony. Academician Sun Youhong, Principal of China University of Geosciences, Academician Wang Chengshan, Chief Scientist of UNESCO Chair on Deep-time Digital Earth and Mineral Resources, Professor Chrysanthus Gicheruh, Chairman of the Kenya Geological Society, Professor Hai Tran, Principal of Vietnam Hanoi University of Mining and Geosciences, Professor Gong Peng, Vice Principal of the University of Hong Kong, Professor Absai Vatuva, Director of the Department of Geosciences of the University of Namibia, and Deputy Director of the National Natural Science Foundation of China Academician Hou Zengqian, Director of the China Committee of the International Earth Science Program, and Guo Huadong, Director of the International Research Center for Sustainable Development Big Data and chairman of the China National Committee of the International Council of Science, attended the ceremony in online and offline form. Liu Daman, vice Principal of China University of Geosciences, facilitated over the ceremony.

At the celebration ceremony Prof. Shahbaz Khan claimed that the UNESCO Chair on Deep-time Digital Earth and Mineral Resources by China University of Geosciences and led by Academician Cheng Qiuming, was in line with the sustainable development goals of the United Nations and the medium-term strategy of UNESCO. Prof. Shahbaz Khan hoped that the Chair could rely on the State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Resources and the School of Geoscience and Resources of China University of Geosciences, give full play to the unique discipline advantages of the school, provide an innovative data-driven platform for the basic research of mineral resources and their applications, and promote the prosperity and development of comprehensive research, education and international training in the fields of data science, mathematics and earth science.

In his speech, Secretary General Qin Changwei pointed out that the UNESCO Chair is an important cooperation network established by UNESCO in the field of higher education. Since its implementation in 1992, it has played an important role in promoting international cooperation, knowledge transformation, exchange and sharing of higher education among member states. The chair is also an important platform for Chinese universities to carry out cooperation with UNESCO in various professional fields. We hoped that the establishment of the chair will help Chinese universities play a role in global governance in relevant fields, education and scientific research cooperation and talent training, and provide important Chinese wisdom and experience.

Academician Sun Youhong, said in his speech that under the background of increasing pollution, rapid global warming, frequent extreme events and massive consumption of resources, earth science is of unprecedented importance to sustainable development, and will put forward innovative solutions and evolutionary blueprints. Big Earth Data has the ability to make unique contributions to the goal of sustainable development. In recent years, China University of Geosciences has focused on the development of international talents, worked hard to improve the international influence of the university, and built a high-quality and multi-level international cooperation platform.

In his speech, Academician Cheng Qiuming introduced the basic situation of the chair in detail. He pointed out that the big data of earth integrates earth science, information science, space science and technology. The chair on Deep-time Digital Earth and Mineral Resources will focus on the analysis of geoscience big data related to mineral resources, quantitative prediction and comprehensive exploration of mineral resources, resource utilization and environmental protection models and software, which will become the latest example of big data of earth supporting sustainable development, especially in supporting South-South cooperation.

Academician Wang Chengshan, Principal Hai Tran, Vice Principal Gong Peng, Professor Absai Vatuva and Director Shi Junfa delivered speeches on behalf of the partners respectively. Director Yan Guangsheng, Professor Chrysanthus Gicheruh, Academician Hou Zengqian, Academician Guo Huadong, and Professor Jone Ludden, Principal of the International Federation of Geological Sciences, expressed congratulations on the celebration of the Chair and expectations for future development on behalf of relevant institutions and international organizations.

Shahbaz Khan, Qin Changwei, Sun Youhong, Yan Guangsheng, Wang Chengshan, Cheng Qiuming, Shi Junfa and Liu Daman jointly unveiled the UNESCO Deep Time Digital Earth and Mineral Resources Chair.

Heads of the Science and Technology Department, International Cooperation and Exchange Department, School of Earth Sciences and Resources, School of Information Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Resources and other relevant units of China University of Geosciences attended the celebration ceremony. After the ceremony, the delegation led by Prof. Shahbaz Khan and Secretary General Qin Changwei, accompanied by Academician Cheng Qiuming and relevant project leaders, visited the State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Resources.