The year 2022 marks the 100th anniversary for the founding of the Geological Society of China (GSC),one of the oldest scientific societies in China.The GSC was established to address a pressing need for like-minded people to exchange and disseminate ideas and knowledge of geology.Dr.CHANG H.T.(章鸿钊),chief of the Division of Geology of the Geological Survey in Peking,called together the geologists of the National Survey,along with those from other institutions in Peking and those temporally engaged in research in Peking to discuss the plan for such an organization.