On December 18th, 2024, the 2024 Outstanding Young Scholars Forum International——SCE Sub-forum was held in the Chongqing University.  Professor Hua Jianmin, Secretary of the Party Committee of SCE, and Chen Peizhi, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of SCE, representatives of professors and member staffs from various research institutes and more than 30 global young scholars attended the opening ceremony online and offline. The opening ceremony was presided over by Chen Peizhi.

At the opening ceremony, Chen Peizhi introduced the participants and expressed his warm welcome and sincere greetings to the young scholars. Professor Hua Jianmin introduced the history of development, team profile, scientific research platform construction, international exchanges and talent introduction policies of the school. He pointed out that Chongqing University has strong civil engineering discipline, strong scientific research atmosphere, and high degree of internationalization of the faculty, and sincerely looks forward to the participation of young scholars to create a better future.

The sub-forum set up three sub-venues, including the structure sub-session, the geotechnical/road sub-session, and the disaster prevention/environmental construction sub-session. More than 10 young scholars from Hong Kong, Singapore, the United States, Belgium, Australia and other places made wonderful academic presentations and shared their research results and the latest developments in the field. The report covers multiple research directions, such as high-performance structural materials, uncertainty quantification, structural health monitoring, SPH numerical simulation, mechanical behavior of microbial cemented soils, and turbulent structural analysis.

The Forum aims to promote academic exchanges among young scholars in related disciplines and enhance young scholars' understanding of schools and displine. Since its first launch in 2017, the forum has become a landmark talent exchange program for global young scholars to learn about and join Chongqing University. The forum is held in spring and autumn every year, and global young scholars are invited to continue to pay attention to and participate.