On December 25-26, 2021, the 7th National BIM Academic Conference kicked off in Chongqing City. This event was hosted by the BIM Special Committee (“Special Committee for short) of the China Graphics Society (CGS) and co-organized by TY Intelligent Science and Technology (Chongqing) Co., Ltd. and T.Y.Lin International (China). In order to comply with the requirements for epidemic prevention and control, this conference was held online and offline, with offline participants controlled within 100 people in each venue in accordance with the requirements. The total number of offline and online participants and viewers exceeded 10,000 people.

This conference included four sections: the main venue plenary meeting, the parallel presentations, the annual meeting of the BIM Special Committee, and the sharing and exchanges on outstanding projects. Professor Sun Linfu, Vice-Chairperson of the China Graphics Society and Chief Professor of Southwest Jiaotong University, delivered a speech on behalf of the society. Mr. Chang Bin, Secretary and Director of Party Leadership Group of Chongqing Housing and Urban-Rural Development Committee, Academician Zhou Xuhong, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and foreign member of the Engineering Academy of Japan, and Mr. Wang Yang, Chairperson of TY Intelligent Science and Technology (Chongqing) Co., Ltd., attended and addressed the conference at the main venue. Special guests Mr. Man-Chung Tang, member of the National Academy of Engineering, the United States, foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Chairperson of T.Y.Lin International (China), Professor Fang Dongping, Dean of THU School of Civil Engineering, Ms. Yu Jie, General Manager of CBIM, and Mr. Wang Yang, Chairperson of TY Intelligent Science and Technology (Chongqing) Co., Ltd. and expert with State Council Special Allowance, delivered presentations at the conference and had online real-time communication with the guests who were unable to arrive at the site. As a high-standard and high-quality national academic event on BIM, this conference provided a platform of communication and dialogue for technical experts in BIM and business representatives nationwide. It was reported and circulated by People’s Daily, people.cn, cqnews.net, cqrb.cn and many other media outlets, generating a massive social influence.

This conference set up a special session for the BIM Joint Center of Tsinghua University (School of Civil Engineering)-Glodon Company Limited, at which oral presentations were made by postdoctoral fellow Zhang Yunyi, Ph.D. candidates Li Songyang, Zheng Zhe, and Zhou Junyu, master students Zhou Yucheng and Wu Langtao from THU Department of Civil Engineering, and Ph.D. candidates Qin Jinchun and Joseph Jonathan Magoua, master student Sun Yakang from THU Department of Construction Management. Professor Ma Zhiliang from THU Department of Civil Engineering organized and attended the conference as the Chairperson of the BIM Special Committee. Professor Zhang Jianping and Associate Professor Hu Zhenzhong also attended the event. Assistant Research Fellow Lin Jiarui moderated the plenary meeting and the parallel session.

Professor Ma Zhiliang from THU Department of Civil Engineering, 

Chairperson of the BIM Special Committee of China Graphics Society, Delivers a Speech

Professor Zhang Jianping from THU Department of Civil Engineering, 

Vice Supervisor of China Graphics Society, Delivers a Speech

Professor Fang Dongping, Dean of THU School of Civil Engineering, 

Delivers a Presentation upon Invitation via Video Link

Associate Professor Hu Zhenzhong from THU Shenzhen International Graduate School, 

Vice-Chairperson of the BIM Special Committee of China Graphics Society, Moderates the Parallel Session

Assistant Research Fellow Lin Jiarui from THU Department of Civil Engineering, Secretary-General of the BIM Special Committee of China Graphics Society, Moderates the Conference