On December 13-14, the2024 Maritime Silk Road International Conferenceon the Cooperation and Integration ofIndustry, Education and Application -The 4^thInternational Conference onNewWestern Land-SeaCorridor Engineering DisasterPreventionandMitigation&StructureSafetywas held atGuangxi University, organized by the school of Civil Engineering And Architecture with guidance fromNational Center for Schooling Development Program and Education Department of Gaungxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.Vice PresidentProf.Xiao Jianzhuangattendedthe opening ceremonyanddelivered a speech.

Xiao Jianzhang emphasized that theInternational Conferenceon the Cooperation and Integration ofIndustry, Education and Applicationis an important platform for fully implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative and pragmatically promoting collaboration in industry,education, andapplicationamong universities, research institutions, and enterprises in Belt and Road countries and regions. As a leadinguniversityin Guangxi,GXUhas always placed great importance on international cooperationonindustry, education and application, actively adapting to the demands of the times, continuously expanding educational exchanges and cooperation with countries along the Maritime Silk Road through the NewWestern Land-Sea Corridor, and promoting deep integration of international industry,education, andapplication.Xiao Jianzhuanghoped that experts and scholars would speak freely about the major frontier scientific problems and technical bottlenecks faced in engineering construction, exchange academic ideas and research achievements generously, servingthe NewWestern Land-Sea Corridor and promotingGuangxi’s development.

Twenty-one experts and scholars from China and abroad presented academic reports on the theme of“Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, and StructureSafety of the NewWestern Land-Sea Corridor Project”,covering cutting-edge topics such as“Life-cyclesafety ofhighperformancestructures”“Intelligentconstruction, operationand maintenanceof Long-spanarchbridges”“Durability ofmaterials andstructuresfor offshore and ocean engineering”and“Intelligentconstruction,safetyoperationand maintenanceofcanal”.

The conference was conducted in a hybrid format, combining online and offline participation, attracting nearly 200 experts, scholars, and representatives of faculty and students from well-known universities and research institutions in countries such as Pakistan, Singapore, Brunei, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Portugal, Belgium, as well as renowned domestic institutions including Tongji University, Hunan University, Shanghai University, University of Science and TechnologyBeijing, Guangxi University, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Guilin University of Technology, andEasternInstitutionForAdvancedStudy.