Mingguo Zhai is a Research Professor at the Institute ofGeology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; a Professor at NorthwestUniversity (China); a Guest Professor at the University of Chinese Academy ofSciences and Jilin University, and a Visiting chair professor at Sun Yat-SenUniversity. He received his B.Sc. (1976) from NorthwestUniversity (China),and his M.Sc. (1982) and Ph.D. (1989) from the Chinese Academyof Sciences. He was elected member of the Chinese Academyof Sciences (Academician) in 2009. His professional fields cover Precambriangeology, metamorphic geology and petrology. His research focus is on earlycrustal evolution, continental geodynamics and metallogeny.Yue Zhao is a Research Professor and Vice-Director of the Instituteof Geomechanics, ChineseAcademy of Geological Sciences, Beijing. He earned abachelor's degree in geology from Changchun College of Geology in 1982 and a MSdegree in structural geology and tectonics from the Chinese Academyof Geological Sciences in 1986. His research interests include structural andtectonic evolution of East Asian and the East Antractica.He firstly propopsed that the Jurassic deformations in northern North ChinaCraton is related to geotectonics transition from Paleoasian system andPaleotethyan system to Paleopacific active continental margin of eastern Asia. He is also the first one explained the meaning ofthe Pan-African events in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica and its inference on EastGondwana tectonics.Taiping Zhao is a Research Professor at the GuangzhouInstitute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His researchinterests include magmatism and related ore-forming processes. He has beenfocused on the study of the igneous rocks and related ore deposits in NorthChina Craton and East Qinling-Dabie orogenic belt in the last two decades. Hiscurrent researches mainly consist of two aspects, major Precambrian geologicalevents and related ore-forming processes on the southern margin of the North China craton, and the petrogenesisand tectonic settings of the Mesozoic granitoids and metallogeny of theassociated Mo-Au-Ag-Pb-Zn ore-deposits on the southern margin of the NorthChina Craton.

• Corresponding main metallogenicepochs to key geological events in the North China Craton: an example forsecular changes in the evolving Earth.- Archean continental crust in thesouthern North China Craton.- Structural architecture andspatial-temporal distribution of the Archean domains in the Eastern North Chinacraton.- Formation ages and environmentsof Early Precambrian banded iron formation in the North China Craton.- Neoarchean bandediron formations in the North China Craton: geology, geochemistry and itsimplications.- Archean continental crustalaccretion and banded iron formations, Southeastern North China Craton.- Paleoproterozoic gneissicgranites in the Liaoji mobile belt, North China Craton: implications fortectonic setting.- Genetic mechanism and metamorphicevolution of Khondalite series within the Paleoproterozoic mobile belts, NorthChina Craton.- Paleoproterozoiccopper system in the Zhongtiaoshan region, southern marginof the NorthChina Craton: ore geology, fluid inclusion, and isotopic investigation.- The Paleoproterozoic continentalevolution in the southern North China Craton: Constrains from magmatism andsedimentation.- The Great Oxidation Event andits records in North China Craton.- Early Paleoproterozoicmetallogenic explosion in North China Craton.- A genetic link betweenPaleoproterozoic Yuanjiacun BIF and the Great Oxidation Event in North ChinaCraton.-Magmatic records of the latePaleoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic extensional and rifting events in the NorthChina Craton: a preliminary review.- Meso-Neoproterozoicstratigraphic and tectonic framework of the North China Craton.- Petrogenesis andtectonic significance ofthe late Paleoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic (~1.80-1.53 Ga) A-typegranites in the southern margin of the North China Craton.- Insights into the ore genesis ofthe giant Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe deposit and the Mesoproterozoic riftingevents inthe northern North China Craton.- Paleozoic to early Mesozoictectonics of North China Craton.- Two-stageextensional pattern in the North China-Mongolian tract during late Mesozoic:insights from the spatial and temporal distribution of magmatic domes andmetamorphic core complexes.- Mesozoic Mo deposits in northernNorth China Craton.- Late Mesozoic gold mineralization in theNorth China Craton.- Lower crustal accretion andreworking beneath the North China Craton: Evidences from granulite xenoliths.

Mingguo Zhai is a Research Professor at the Institute ofGeology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; a Professor at NorthwestUniversity (China); a Guest Professor at the University of Chinese Academy ofSciences and Jilin University, and a Visiting chair professor at Sun Yat-SenUniversity. He received his B.Sc. (1976) from NorthwestUniversity (China),and his M.Sc. (1982) and Ph.D. (1989) from the Chinese Academyof Sciences. He was elected member of the Chinese Academyof Sciences (Academician) in 2009. His professional fields cover Precambriangeology, metamorphic geology and petrology. His research focus is on earlycrustal evolution, continental geodynamics and metallogeny.Yue Zhao is a Research Professor and Vice-Director of the Instituteof Geomechanics, ChineseAcademy of Geological Sciences, Beijing. He earned abachelor's degree in geology from Changchun College of Geology in 1982 and a MSdegree in structural geology and tectonics from the Chinese Academyof Geological Sciences in 1986. His research interests include structural andtectonic evolution of East Asian and the East Antractica.He firstly propopsed that the Jurassic deformations in northern North ChinaCraton is related to geotectonics transition from Paleoasian system andPaleotethyan system to Paleopacific active continental margin of eastern Asia. He is also the first one explained the meaning ofthe Pan-African events in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica and its inference on EastGondwana tectonics.Taiping Zhao is a Research Professor at the GuangzhouInstitute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His researchinterests include magmatism and related ore-forming processes. He has beenfocused on the study of the igneous rocks and related ore deposits in NorthChina Craton and East Qinling-Dabie orogenic belt in the last two decades. Hiscurrent researches mainly consist of two aspects, major Precambrian geologicalevents and related ore-forming processes on the southern margin of the North China craton, and the petrogenesisand tectonic settings of the Mesozoic granitoids and metallogeny of theassociated Mo-Au-Ag-Pb-Zn ore-deposits on the southern margin of the NorthChina Craton.

• Corresponding main metallogenicepochs to key geological events in the North China Craton: an example forsecular changes in the evolving Earth.- Archean continental crust in thesouthern North China Craton.- Structural architecture andspatial-temporal distribution of the Archean domains in the Eastern North Chinacraton.- Formation ages and environmentsof Early Precambrian banded iron formation in the North China Craton.- Neoarchean bandediron formations in the North China Craton: geology, geochemistry and itsimplications.- Archean continental crustalaccretion and banded iron formations, Southeastern North China Craton.- Paleoproterozoic gneissicgranites in the Liaoji mobile belt, North China Craton: implications fortectonic setting.- Genetic mechanism and metamorphicevolution of Khondalite series within the Paleoproterozoic mobile belts, NorthChina Craton.- Paleoproterozoiccopper system in the Zhongtiaoshan region, southern marginof the NorthChina Craton: ore geology, fluid inclusion, and isotopic investigation.- The Paleoproterozoic continentalevolution in the southern North China Craton: Constrains from magmatism andsedimentation.- The Great Oxidation Event andits records in North China Craton.- Early Paleoproterozoicmetallogenic explosion in North China Craton.- A genetic link betweenPaleoproterozoic Yuanjiacun BIF and the Great Oxidation Event in North ChinaCraton.-Magmatic records of the latePaleoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic extensional and rifting events in the NorthChina Craton: a preliminary review.- Meso-Neoproterozoicstratigraphic and tectonic framework of the North China Craton.- Petrogenesis andtectonic significance ofthe late Paleoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic (~1.80-1.53 Ga) A-typegranites in the southern margin of the North China Craton.- Insights into the ore genesis ofthe giant Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe deposit and the Mesoproterozoic riftingevents inthe northern North China Craton.- Paleozoic to early Mesozoictectonics of North China Craton.- Two-stageextensional pattern in the North China-Mongolian tract during late Mesozoic:insights from the spatial and temporal distribution of magmatic domes andmetamorphic core complexes.- Mesozoic Mo deposits in northernNorth China Craton.- Late Mesozoic gold mineralization in theNorth China Craton.- Lower crustal accretion andreworking beneath the North China Craton: Evidences from granulite xenoliths.