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The State Council has released a circular on the decision to conduct the first general survey project on composite natural disaster risks, which lasts from 2020 to 2022, in an effort to beef up national comprehensive capabilities to prevent natural disasters. The Department of Emergency Management of Hubei Province selected CUG as the technical support provider for the general survey on composi...

The 2nd Hubei Ecological Development Forumwas held at CUG on December 13. Experts and scholars including Prof. WANG Yanxin, CUG President, Prof. LAI Xulong, CUG Vice President, Prof. CHEN Fahu, Head of the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences and President of the Geographical Society of China, and Dr. DU Yun, Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Departmen...

The Chang’e-5 orbiter is heading home on the final leg of its mission to collect fresh lunar samples from the moon. It is the first such lunar exploration since the former USSR sent their lunar explorer onto the moon in 1976. For the accomplishment of the mission, large-scale equipment such as excavators, drills, and many in-situ resource utilization technologies must be tested in a relevant s...

CUG sports teams attained good results in track & field, swimming, tennis, and volleyball in university championships of Hubei province from November 28 to December 6. 18 members of the track & field team won 1 gold medal and 2 bronze medals on November 28 and 29 26 members of the swimming team won 14 gold medals, 12 silver medals, and 8 bronze medals on December 6 The men’s volleyball team, m...

CUG held 2020 China Deep Geothermal Forum from November 27 to 29, 2020. This meeting focused on the theories and technologies of deep geothermal geology and its exploration, development, and utilization. More than 400 experts, scholars,and professionals from universities, research institutes, and industrial and government organizations attended the forum.WANG Hua, Vice President of CUG, delive...

The Ministry of Education has released the detailed list of the first batch of national first-class undergraduate courses, which include CUG’s 16 courses.The 16 courses are: Fundamentals of Geology (online), Cultural and Natural Heritage (online), Paleobiology (offline), Historical Geology (offline), Geochemistry (offline), Mineral Deposits (offline), Sedimentology of Coal-bearing Basins (offl...

On November 21, 2020, CUG has been designated an institution to promote Dragon & Lion Dance by the Chinese Dragon & Lion Dance Association. CUG designated as an institution to promote Dragon & Lion Dance on November 21 2020History of Dragon & Lion Dance goes back to the Han dynasty (2,000 years ago). Dragon & Lion Dance has been an important part of the Chinese culture, as well as an indispens...

According to the “IEEE Fellows Elevated as of January 2021” announced on November 25, 282 IEEE members become Fellows. Prof. WANG Lizhe from CUG is elevated for his contributions to high performance computing in processing, analysis and applications of remote sensing imagery.Prof. WANG is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the British Computer Society. He serves as ...

  Chang’e-5 is launched into space by the fifth Long March-5 rocket JIN Liwang/Xinhua News AgencyThe Chang’e-5 mission, named after the ancient Chinese goddess of the moon, will seek to collect lunar material to help scientists understand more about the moon’s history. If successful, it would be the first time for China to have retrieved lunar samples. Prof. XIAO Long from CUG was engaged in...

According to the funding list of the second batch of research and practice projects of “Emerging Engineering Disciplines” announced by the Ministry of Education, all 4 projects applied by CUG will receive funds.The 4 projects are led by Prof. WANG Yanxin from the School of Environment, Prof. JIAO Yuyong from the School of Engineering, Prof. LI Bo from the School of Mechanical Engineering and ...