May 12, 2022 is the 14th National Day of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation in China. This year's theme is "Reduce disaster risk and protect our homeland". IKCEST-DRR is going to organize the collection of related works in order to comply with the appeal of people from all walks of life to China's disaster prevention and mitigation, on the other hand, to remind people to pay more attention to disaster prevention, and strive to reduce disaster losses. We hope you will participate in the collection!

Dear professor, Greetings from the Chinese Academy of Engineering and its flagship journal Engineering! To draw global attention to engineering science and technology while manifesting the wisdom and strength of engineers, the journal Engineering began selecting the Global Top Ten Engineering Achievements in 2021. It plans to continue to organize the selection annually and publish the shortlist in the last issue of each year’s Engineering.

International Training Workshop on Resource & Environment Scientific Data Sharing and Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service along the Belt and Road was held online from October 28th to 31st, 2021. This training workshop was organized by the team of Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service (DRR) of International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology under the Auspices of UNESCO (IKCEST).

The International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology (IKCEST) under the auspices of UNESCO held its First Session of the Third Governing Board in Beijing and via Zoom link on September 17, 2021.

The first session of the third advisory committee for the International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology (IKCEST) was held in Beijing on the evening of September 8, 2021 in person and via video links.

In recent years, with the rapid development of AI and big data technologies, countries all over the world have attached great importance to the training of AI talents, and high-level and high-standard international competition has become a stage for them to showcase their skills. On June 10, 2021, the 3rd IKCEST “Belt and Road” International Big Data Competition and the 7th Baidu & Xi’an Jiaotong University Big Data Competition (hereinafter referred to as International Big Data Competition) was officially launched at Xi’an Jiaotong University. Professionals from relevant industries, universities and research institutes were brought together to witness the new round of fierce competition of international AI and big data talents.