The Work Report at the XII~(th) International ISM Congress

摘要

First of all, please allow me, on behalf of the ISM presidium with my great honour, to express our grateful thanks to Liaoning Province and the Fuxin Municipal government. Thank you for your great support for this congress. And I also wish to extend my warmest welcome and highest consideration to the leaders of the national departments and bureaus concerned, to our distinguished guests, to delegates from sister organisations and to other people present at the congress. The XII~(th) international congress of ISM is the first international meeting held by ISM since we entered the 21~(st) century. And it is also the first congress held in China, and even in Asia. It has been 35 years since the International Mine Survey Association was founded in 1969. The number of the member countries has increased to 42 compared to the very beginning of 19 and it has gone from strength to strength. The prestige and influence of ISM has been extended, too. Now allow me, on behalf of the vice-presidents Professor Chwastek and Dr. K. Baratosi and also the presidium, to give a work report of the four years of this term.