On April 22nd, the World Tunnel Congress 2024 (WTC 2024) and Exhibition was grandly opened at Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center, which is the 34th year after Chengdu as a Chinese city first hosted the WTC in 1990, the WTC will be held again in China. Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd (003013.SZ), as one of the exhibitors, made a wonderful appearance at the event with nearly 50 high-quality engineering projects and 44 technical services and technological products.

As the most influential and authoritative tunneling and underground engineering industry conference in the world, this conference focuses on the construction of an innovative ecological chain of "technology research + green low-carbon + digital wisdom + innovation and integration", invites 10 former presidents of the International Tunneling Association (ITA), and gathers more than 2,700 delegates from 79 countries and regions to join in this grand event. The opening ceremony of the conference was presided over by Yan Jinxiu, former president of IATA, Yi Jun, chairman of WTC2024 organizing committee and president of China Civil Engineering Society, Arnold Dix, president of IATA, Chen Yun, chairman of China Railway, Qin Weizhong, mayor of Shenzhen City, Michal Mlynár, assistant secretary general of the United Nations, and Ni Hong, minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, made welcoming speeches one after another.

This year's conference is centered on 15 major topics to carry out 40 thematic technical sessions, arranged nearly 200 academic reports, the theme follows the industry's forefront, covering digital transformation, intelligent construction, green environmental protection, equipment autonomy, practice and risk management, etc. Many experts, scholars and industry elites from all over the world gathered together to share the development of the grand event, and create a better future together.

In terms of exhibition scale, this conference has set a record for the most ever, with a professional exhibition area of about 20,000 square meters, bringing together nearly 200 leading enterprises in the global tunnel engineering industry chain. The high-quality engineering projects, technical services or scientific and technological products exhibited by our institute cover new construction technology, engineering digitalization, energy saving and environmental protection, system safety, etc., which all-roundly demonstrated the cutting-edge technology and strong strength of our institute in the field of urban construction and rail transportation in recent years, and attracted the attention of many industry experts and insiders. On the first day of the exhibition, the exhibition team of the Design Institute carried out extensive exchanges with many domestic and foreign peer teams, among which there were more than 13 foreign peer teams from Russia, Serbia, Australia, Chile, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Austria, South Korea, Italy, South Africa and other countries.

The Institute made a wonderful appearance at the World Tunnel Congress and Exhibition 2024, showing the rich scientific research achievements and advanced technology advantages to industry representatives from many countries around the world, further expanding the influence of the industry and helping to expand the global market. In the future, the institute will implement the strategic development concept of "design+digital technology", continue to face the market demand of urban construction and rail transit, focus on the key difficulties and pain points in the industry, concentrate on scientific and technological research, and play the leading role of design in engineering and construction, so as to continue to lead the high-quality development of urban construction and rail transit industry. The company will continue to lead the development of urban construction and rail transportation industry with high quality.