Report on the 2023 Annual Academic Conference of the Committee on Earthquake Hazard Chain, Seismological Society of China, 23–24 October 2023, Beijing, China

The 2023 Annual Academic Conference of the Committee on Earthquake Hazard Chain, Seismological Society of China was held on 23–24 October 2023 in Beijing, China, with the theme of theoretical research, technological applications, and popular science publicity in disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief of the earthquake disaster chain. The academic conference consisted of opening ceremony, keynote lectures, academic lectures and closing ceremony, with 118 speeches or lectures. The content involves many aspects of the earthquake disaster chain, such as prediction methods, formation mechanism, identification, monitoring and early warning, post-disaster rescue and reconstruction, and disaster prevention measures. This activity was oriented to the major needs of disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief in the earthquake disaster chain, set up a platform for the exchange of academic achievements and experiences, and promoted in-depth exchanges and cooperation and discussion among researchers in the fields related to earthquake disaster chain in the fields of scientific and technological research, operational support, and public services. In the future, more attention should be paid to earthquake prediction, the formation and evolution mechanism, the risk assessment, and the long-term effect of earthquake disaster chain.