Venue: Jiuzhaigou(九寨沟), China

Jiuzhaigou scenery is located in Nanping County, the ASbe Tibetan and Qiang Nationality Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, 450 kilometers (about 280 miles) to the north of Chengdu City. Jiuzhaigou Valley is a great masterpiece of nature having dreamlike scenery and abundant natural resources. It combines blue lakes, waterfalls, verdant forests, snow-covered mountains, and the folk customs of the Tibetan and Qiang peoples. It was listed into the World Natural Heritage Catalog in 1992. Its name is due to the existence of nine stockaded villages of Tibetan origin, and it is always regarded as a holy mountain and watercourse by the Tibetan people. This region covers more than 600 square kilometers (about 230 square miles). In Jiuzhaigou scenic area there are three gullies that seem to be in the shape of y. It includes areas such as Shuzheng Valley, Rize Valley, Zechawa Valley and Zharu Valley, etc. There distributed 108 lakes, 47 splashed waterfalls,  5 shoals, etc.
The conference will be held in Jiuzhaigou International Grand Hotel, China from 9 June to 12 June, 2008.  For details about Jiuzhaigou, please open the following web sites.

 Jiuzhaigou, China (in English)    中国九寨沟 (in Chinese)