1�� A�� P�� Karpinsky ��ussian Geological ��esearch Institute (VSEGEI)��St�� Petersburg 199106����ussia; 2�� Geological Institute����ussian Academy of Sciences��Moscow 119017����ussia; 3�� Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences��Beijing 100037��China

The beginning of the XXI century was marked a new rising of the international tectonic cartography as a result of analysis and synthesis of a huge volume of geological information obtained for the territory of Asia es- pecially during the last 30 years�� The previous tectonic maps for Asia were created in the 1960s--1970s of the last century�� Since that time��the national geological surveys have compiled tectonic maps exclusively in the limits of their own state boundaries�� The international cooperation of five countries since 2002 (��ussia��China�� Mongolia��Kazakhstan and ��epublic of Korea) gave a unique possibility to join the data into a united cartog- raphic form as Atlas of Geological Maps (since 2002-Atlas of Geological Maps of Central Asia and since 2007- Atlas of Geological Maps of Northern-Central-Eastern Asia)�� Both atlases include four maps: geological��tecton- ic��metallogenic��and energy resources�� Tectonic Map of Northern-Central-Eastern Asia and Adjacent Areas at scale 1�� 2 500 000 was the key map for further compilation of the metallogenic and energy resources (coal��oil and gas) maps�� By this reason��special attention was given to showing the structure and composition of the Mes- ozoic sedimentary basins in Northern-Central-Eastern Asia as the most perspective structures for oil-and-gas and coal prospect��