On July 15, the opening ceremony of 2024 Summer School on Smart Cities was held in BUCEA. This summer school is jointly organized by BUCEA, ISPRS, and the Belt and Road Architectural University International Consortium, and supported by Ningbo University, and the Association of Excellent Engineers of CACE. Nearly 150 teachers and students from 12 universities and research institutes in 8 countries and regions, including China, Russia, Spain, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, and Indonesia, participated in the 9-day study and in-depth social practice. Among them, 82 are international teachers and students, making this the largest participating group in the history of the summer school.

WEI Chuyuan, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Committee of BUCEA and leaders of relevant departments attended the opening ceremony.

WEI Chuyuan, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Committee of BUCEA delivering a welcome speech on behalf of the university.

JIANG Jie, Secretary General of ISPRS & Professor at the School of Geomatics and Urban Spatial Informatics, BUCEA delivering a speech.

Shapchenko Mariia, Senior Lecturer, Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Russia making a speech as a representative of international teachers of the summer school.

WANG Xueqiang, Nanchang University speaking as the representative of Chinese teachers.

Jeslynn Tan Zi Yi, Universitiy Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia, speaking as the representative of international students.

LIU Xu, BUCEA speaking on behalf of the Chinese students.

ZHOU Xia, Executive Deputy Dean, Graduate School, and WEI Wei, Director, Department of Student Affairs, BUCEA awarded flags to student representatives of Chinese and international students, and the summer school was officially opened.

After the opening ceremony, Prof. ZHANG Baoxiu from Beijing Union University made a presentation entitled  The History, Present Day and Future of Beijing .

The 2024 Summer School on Smart Cities organized 10 academic lectures, 5 architectural and landscape design site visits, as well as a variety of rich and colorful practical activities, focusing on the innovative methods, practices, and successful cases in the construction and management of smart cities.

The Summer School on Smart Cities has been held for eight consecutive years, aiming to leverage the advantages of the university’s strong disciplines, serve the Belt and Road initiative to provide a high-level academic and cultural exchange platform for students and young scholars from different countries and regions.