The first China-Japan Symposium on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering was held in 1990 at Beijing, China on the cooperative research between CRIBC (Central Research Institute of Building and Construction) and Kobe University in Japan containing wider researchers and engineers in China and Japan who were interested in Lifeline Earthquake Engineering. The second Symposium as a tri-lateral symposium of China-Japan and US joint programs was held in 1994 at Xi’an, China under the official US-China protocol program on cooperative earthquake engineering studies. The third, the fourth, the fifth and the sixth Symposiums were held in 1998 at Kunming, in 2002 at Qingdao, in 2007 at Haikou and in 2013 at Chengdu, respectively.
As an on-going series, the purpose of this symposium is still to provide an international forum for researchers, specialists, professionals and public administrators and for all concerned with the promotion and exchange of information on lifeline earthquake engineering. The symposium is aimed at presenting and publishing the most recent research, development, and practice in lifeline system engineering including resilient and high performance systems, innovative materials, technologies, and structures, especially for disaster prevention and relief.