The chair of the International Commission on Stratigraphy, Prof. Stan Finney, visited the Meishan Section and Geopark at Changxing, Zhejiang Province on July 11, 2012 with the Vice-Chair Prof. Shanci Peng and SPS Secretary Prof. Shuzhong Shen. The Chair received a warm welcome from the local government of Changxing County and Zhejiang Province. Stan appreciated the achievements reached by the scientists who worked on the GSSPs of the Permian-Triassic boundary and the base of the Changhsingian Stage and the end-Permian mass extinction, and excellent protective work completed by the local government.