From 23rd to 27th August 2004, Professor Shi Haitao attended the 19th International Congress of Zoology in Beijing, which was co-sponsored by the Zoological Society of China, the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Chinese Wildlife Conservation Society, and gave a group presentation. The conference was attended by 677 zoologists from 47 countries and regions, including 330 overseas scholars and 347 scholars from mainland China.