Abstract:The 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering was held in Santiago,Chile in January 9-13,2017.The theme of this conference is "Resilience,the new challenge in earthquake engineering".The author had the honor to participate in this Conference.This paper gives a brief introduction to the general program of the conference,which includes 3 invited lectures,2 debates and 12 parallel sessions of special topics,and lastly shares the author's personal experience and thinking.These 3 invited lectures titled "Resilience,the new challenge in earthquake engineering","The quest for resilience in seismic design of RC buildings:The Chilean practice","Effects of Long-Duration Motions on Soil Liquefaction Hazards".And these 2 debates about "Performance-Based Design:Promises and Pitfalls?","Prescription of Seismic Demands:Probabilistic vs.Deterministic".And those 12 parallel sessions include topics:Assessment of the probability of structural collapse,Non-technical strategy on improving housing seismic safety in developing countries,Field investigation and Analysis of recent destructive earthquakes including 2015 Nepal earthquakes,Soil-structure interaction of deep foundation,Ground failure liquefaction,Earthquake-induced landslides in natural slopes,Geotechnical laboratory test and in-situ test,Seismic hazard,risk and earthquake risk management at city level,Resilience,Earthquake risk economy and insurance,The future of the city:planning for future earthquake risk,Management policies,etc.