World Tunnel Congress 2024 Wraps up Successfully in Shenzhen China
The 2024 World Tunnel Congress, hosted by the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) and organized by the China Civil Engineering Society, opened in Shenzhen on April 22nd. The WTC is the premier annual event of the ITA and is considered the most attended tunnelling conference in the world. This prestigious event is visited by leading experts and professionals from the tunnelling industry worldwide to discuss innovations, trends, and the future of tunnel construction. This year's edition is the second WTC to be held in China. Chengdu City in the southwestern province of Sichuan became the first Chinese city to host the event in 1990.
China has built 8,543 km of subways, 5,100 km of underground pipe corridors, and more than 50,000 km of railway tunnels and highway tunnels, making it a country with the maximum number of tunnels in terms of number and scale, and the fastest construction of new tunnels in the world.
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NBM&CW - May 2024
