On the afternoon of April 9, 2019, Yi Rong, director of the First Bureau of China Metallurgical Geology Administration, and a delegation of five people came to the school to discuss issues related to the cooperation in urban safety with Underground Space Research Institute. President Yao Yunsheng and Vice President Liu Chunping warmly received Director Yi Rong and his party. Heads of the relevant departments including Office, Scientific Research Department, College of Civil Engineering, College of Geological Engineering, Beijing Disaster Prevention Technology Co., Ltd. attended the meeting.

At the meeting, the two sides first discussed and approved in principle the articles of Association of Urban Safety and Underground Space and the promotion of joint application of Hebei Provincial R & D Platform, and then exchanged views on the cooperation development direction, platform characteristics, technical advantages and other aspects of the Research Institute, and a consensus was reached initially.