The 3rd Sino-German Workshop on Tibetan Plateau Research was held from April 20 to 24 in Etta, Germany. Headed by Prof.Yao Tandong, director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), a group of 30-plus CAS scientists attended the conference, which also brought together 35 German scholars.

The workshop concerned Sino-German joint projects on Tibetan Plateau research. The principal project leaders and scientists within the frame of the German Research Foundation (DFG) bundle project "The Tibetan Plateau Geodynamics and Environmental Evolution" presented first research results. They also discussed the planned research together with the cooperation partners from China.

In addition, the participants made discussions on cooperation plans for 2006, 2007, and the next decade.