On 9 November, the "International Workshop on Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems and Global Change" was held at Jinquan Building, Xiang'an Campus, Xiamen University. Supported by 111 Center on Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems and Global Change, the meeting was hosted by Xiamen University, and organized by College of the Environment and Ecology, Key Laboratory of Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems of the Ministry of Education (Xiamen University), International Institute for Sustainability Science and Coastal and Ocean Management Institute. The theme of the conference was "Coastal Wetland Ecosystems and Global Change", and nearly 150 experts and students attended the seminar.