From September 6th to 11th, a delegation from the Zhijindong Cave Global Geopark traveled to Chile to attend the 11th UNESCO Global Geopark Conference held at the Kutralkura Global Geopark. At this conference, the extension and revalidation of Zhijindong Cave Gloabl Geopark for 2025 were successfully passed and it was awarded a "green card".

This conference, themed "From Ancestral Knowledge to the Geoparks of the Future: Technologies and Digital Innovation for Sustainable Development", includes multiple conferences and academic activities such as the Global Geoparks Council Meeting, the Executive Board Meeting of the Global Geoparks Network, the opening ceremony of the Geography Expo and the Geoparks Film Festival. More than 1,500 experts, scholars, park representatives and others from over 50 countries around the world attended the conference.

The delegation of Zhijindong Cave Global Geopark actively participated in all the agendas of the meeting, shared experiences and exchanged views with the representatives of the Global Geopark attending the meeting. The unique resources of the park were introduced to the attending guests by distributing promotional materials and cultural and creative products at the park booth. At the special seminar, the representative of Zhijindong Cave UGGp delivered a keynote report, sharing the experience of integrating geological, natural and cultural heritage in Zhijindong Cave Global Geopark.

The delegation of Zhijindong Cave UGGp actively engaged in exchanges with members of the Executive Board of the Gloabl Geopark, assessment experts and representatives from all over the world. Among them, there was a particularly in-depth exchange with the sister park, the Satun Global Geopark in Thailand. In addition, a cooperation intention has been reached with the Izu Peninsula Global Geopark in Japan.

     Through this participation, the delegation of Zhijindong Cave Global Geopark promoted its unique geological resources, shared development experiences, strengthened international exchanges, learned advanced management methods, and provided new ideas for the sustainable development of the geopark in the future.