Recently, the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) issued the Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Natural Resources on the Construction List of Engineering Technology Innovation Center (Natural Resources Office [2022] No. 28), which approved the construction of 50 new engineering technology innovation centers of the Ministry of Natural Resources. The “Engineering Technology Innovation Center for Disaster Prevention and Control of Complex Structural Geotechnical Bodies” (hereinafter referred to as “the Center”) established by our Institute was approved for construction.

Based on the " Double First Class" discipline of Geological Resources and Geological Engineering as well as the characteristic discipline of Civil Engineering, the Center is committed to promoting engineering research and development for geotechnical disaster prediction, prevention, and control, as well as the transfer and transformation of scientific and technological achievements and application demonstrations, jointly with the General Station of Geological Environment Monitoring of Jilin Province and the Northeast China Water Survey and Design Co.

Facing the national strategic needs, the Center focuses on “Engineering Geotechnical Performance Testing Instruments and Testing Technology”, “Geotechnical Deformation Monitoring and Early Warning and Information Technology in Difficult Mountainous Areas”, “Special Soil-Environment Interaction and Disaster Prevention and Control Technology” and “Complex Structural Rock Disaster and Prevention and Control Technology” to provide services and support for national major construction projects.