Jointly organized by the Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Coast Ocean Resources Development and Environment Security (Hohai University) and the Key Laboratory of Coastal Disaster and Defence (Hohai University), Ministry of Education, the Symposium on Coastal Resources and Environment (CORE2017) was held during Oct. 28-29, 2017. The central topic is Coastal Wetlands in a Changing Climate.  About 40 Scholars from Delft University of Technology, Deltares, University of South Carolina, Cardiff University, University of Padova, East China Normal University (State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research), Beijing Normal University, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhejiang University, and Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute participated and had warm discussion on the issue.