With the simple combination of orange “Y”and blue “X”, the Logo of Yingxue Forum is designed to stress the integrated study from watershed to ocean using multidisciplinary approach from science to management. The significance of holding Yingxue Forum, as Executive President of COMI, Prof. Xiongzhi Xue emphasized in his opening speech that, the two research teams have developed quickly and powerfully under the leadership of Prof. Huasheng Hong. Yingxue forum can be a good platform for researchers to learn experience from various fields and spark new ideas in discussions.
The three-hour Forum was more like a Round Table. Eleven speakers presented their on-going programs and newly interests. They are Yan Li, Weidong Zhai, Wenzhi Cao, Weidong Guo, Xinhong Wang, Jianyu Hu, Bangqin Huang, Caiyun Zhang and Deli Wang from College of Oceanography and Environmental Science and State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, who shared their achievements and academic viewpoints respectively on ecosystem response, carbon cycle in coastal system, water resource and environment, colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM), Persistence Organic pollutants (POPs), physical oceanography, marine phytoplankton, remote sensing technique, and behavior of dissolved Cadmium. Associate Professor Benrong Peng led a warm discussion on the topic of Institutional Arrangement and Scientific Support of Integrated Watershed Management. Each of local political units acts on its own to serve its self-interest in the absence of incentives or laws to create coordinating mechanisms. Most of watershed management programs are not effective because of priority to economic growth and the isolation between horizontal and vertical political institution.
Chief Scientist of COMI, Prof. Huasheng Hong highly appreciated the first Yingxue forum and pointed out that study of Regional Environmental Oceanography is supposed to focus on the Taiwan Straight and adjacent area, given the opportunity of nation special policies on west strait construction. It is necessary to convoke all specialists from the two teams to carry out the regional oceanography research range from Wenzhou to Shantou. Furthermore, promoting cooperation with Taiwan research institutes will benefit each other, and also a historical mission to protect the Taiwan Straight all together. The second Cross-Straits symposium on Marine Environmental Monitoring and Prediction which scheduled on the end of August 2010 will highlight such cooperation.
