With the theme of “Biodiversity: Meeting the Challenges in the New Century”, the first academic annual conference co-organized by Ecological Society of Yunnan, Botanical Society of Yunnan and Entomological Society of Yunnan was jointly held in Jinghong, capital city of Xishuangbanna from November 16 to 19, 2007. Xishuangbanna vice governor Huang Shan was invited to the opening ceremony. Chairman Chen Jin of Ecological Society, Chairman Li Dezhu of Botanical Society, and Chairman Wang Wen of Entomological Society separately delivered plenary lectures.

 9 keynote presentations and over 30 group sessions were made at the conference. The interdisciplinary seminar provided a new platform for academic exchanges, which aroused positive comments among the participants.

 14 postgraduate students from the three academic societies made presentations at the conference. XTBG’s Yang Pei, Song Bo and Zhou Youbing were among the 5 prize winners.