今年9月9日-12日将在法国巴黎召开第五届石炭纪地层及地质国际会议。会议中心内容是讨论石炭纪的地层学、古生物学、沉积岩石学、煤岩学及微古植物学(孢子除外)等问题。会前、会后将进行专业参观和地质考察。参加会议的我国代表团已于8月26日清晨启程出国。代表团的组成是:团长尹赞勋、副团长孔勋、 September 9th-12th of this year will be held in Paris, France, the Fifth Carboniferous strata and geological international conference. The conference center will discuss such issues as the stratigraphy, paleontology, sedimentary petrology, coal petrology and micro-paleoeology (except spores) in the Carboniferous. Before the meeting, we will conduct professional visits and geological inspection. My delegation, who attended the meeting, departed China early on August 26. The composition of the delegation is: head Yin Youxun, deputy head Kong Hsun,