中国地质学会的前身为1909年在天津创立的中国地学会。经中国著名地质学家及在华工作的外籍知名学者章鸿钊、翁文灏、王烈、丁文江、李四光、A.W.Grabau、王竹泉、王绍文、王宠佑、仝步瀛、朱庭祜、朱焕文、李捷、李学清、周赞衡、孙云铸、谭锡畴、袁复礼、叶良辅、董常、赵汝钧、卢祖荫、谢家荣、钱声骏、J.G.Anderson、L.Miner等发起,中国地质学会于1922年2月3日在北京成立,选举章鸿钊为 The predecessor of the China Geological Society was the China Earth Association founded in Tianjin in 1909. The famous Chinese geologist and well-known foreign scholars working in China Zhang Hongzhao, Weng Wenhao, Wang Lie, Ding Wenjiang, Li Siguang, AWGrabau, Wang Zhuquan, Wang Shaowen, Wang Chongyou, Synchronous Ying, Zhu Tinglian, Zhu Huanwen, Li Jie, Initiated by JGAnderson, L.Miner, etc. The Chinese Geological Society was established in Beijing on February 3, 1922, and Zhang Hongzhao was elected as