At the invitation of the organizers, Tibor Tóth and Gyöngyi Barna, researchers from the Institute for Soil Sciences, participated in the Annual Meeting of the Salt Affected Soils Committee of the Chinese Soil Science Society in Changzhou, where on 19 September 2023 Tibor Tóth presented the results of recent research conducted at the Institute of Soil Science entitled 'Why we need digital soil mapping in salt-affected areas?'.