TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 28672 SUBJECT: GRB 201017A: Xinglong TNT upper limit DATE: 20/10/17 14:11:41 GMT FROM: Liping Xin at NAOC, SVOM L. P. Xin (NAOC), X. F. Wang(THU), Y. L. Qiu(NAOC), J. Y. Wei(NAOC), J. Wang(GXU), L. H. Li (NAOC), C. Wu(NAOC), E. W. Liang(GXU), X. H. Han (NAOC)and J. S. Deng(NAOC)report: We began to observe GRB 201017A ( A. D'Ai et al., GCN 28666) with Xinglong TNT telescope, China, at 11:10:24.8 (UT), 17th. Otc. 2020, about 84 min after the burst, 10 x 300 sec R band images were obtained. No any new source was detected in the XRT errorbox ( A. D'Ai et al., GCN 28666) down to the limit magnitude of 19.5 mag in R band for any single image. The brightness is calibrated to the USNO B1.0 R2 mag. More analysis are still continuing. We acknowledge the excellent support from Xinglong staff Sen Liu. The message may be cited.