由中国土木工程学会主力学及基础工程学会主办，河海大学、南京水利科学院承办的第八届全国土力学及岩土工程学术会议于1999年10月15日至18日在南京举行。来自全国的代表约350人参加了会议。这次会议是本世纪该领域最高档次的最后一次会议，是对本世纪上力学及岩土工程学科发展 The 8th National Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, hosted by the Institute of Primary Mechanics and Basic Engineering of the Chinese Civil Engineering Society, and organized by the Institute of Water Resources and Hehai University, was held in Nanjing from October 15th to 18th, 1999. About 350 representatives from all over the country attended the meeting. This conference is the last high-level conference in this area in this century. It is the development of mechanics and geotechnical engineering in this century.