4th China Tunnel Summit, following our previous success transportation infrastructure construction summits, is another successful large tunnel construction conference focusing on the industry trend and most concerned industrial topics. The event was organized by Merisis and endorsed by Research Association for Underground Transportation Facilities (STUVA). Moreover, it has gained sincere support from International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA).

The marketing campaign got deep coverage and attracted wide industry attention through the cooperation with tens of domestic and foreign media partners: Tunneling Website, Tunnels & Tunnelling International, Tunnelbuilder, Shanghai Daily, China International Business, Construction Enterprise Management, Wall Street Journal etc. The conference was also strongly supported by government officials, leading tunnel design companies and tunnel engineering contractors from local and international delivering their theoretical and practical experiences.

Nearly 150 engineering, academic, management and financing people from all over the world attended the 2 days conference with the presentations covering the industry trend, project maintainence & management, design and construction technology, advanced equipments, high-performance materials etc. Elites from tunnelling industry get together to discuss hot topics, share experiences and find feasible solutions to technical problems. Prominent experts from ITA, OTA Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Urban Construction (Group) Corporation etc attended the meeting.