2024 is the traditional Year of the Dragon for the Chinese nation. Three paleontologists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology accepted an exclusive interview with China News Service's "East-West Question" They hope that taking the spotlight on the "dragon" topic will pay more attention to basic research on dinosaurs, pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs and other paleontology.
They also discussed the environmental changes and ecological evolution of the earth over the long history and its impact on the future of humanity.