On the afternoon of March 30, 2021, under the guidance of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the first “Beauty of Heroine - Women in Science and Technology Forum”, a public welfare science popularization event, jointly organized by the International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology under the auspices of UNESCO (IKCEST), Tencent Beijing Headquarters, China Women’s Association for Science and Technology, Tencent Academician and Expert Workstation, “Engineering” Journal, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Beijing Normal University and Xiong’an Campus of Beijing No.80 High School, was held at Tencent Beijing Headquarters.

The 2nd IKCEST “The Belt and Road” International Big Data Competition and the 6th Baidu & Xi’an Jiaotong University Big Data Competition came to an end.

Congratulations to Emory University for winning the sixth place in the IKCEST “The Belt and Road” International Big Data Competition! Looking forward to future participation and performance! The following is the news released on the Emory University website.

On October 18, 2020, the award ceremony of the 2nd IKCEST “The Belt and Road” International Big Data Competition and the 6th Baidu & Xi’an Jiaotong University Big Data Competition was held in Xi’an. After more than 90 days of fierce competition, 16 teams from all over the world stood out as this year’s winners.

The Third Session of the Second Advisory Committee of International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology ("IKCEST") was held at the Chinese Academy of Engineering through a combination of online and offline methods on September 8, 2020. It was co-chaired by CAE Member Pan Yunhe, and CAE foreign Member Raj Reddy and attended by 11 advisors, including CAE Member Wu Cheng, CAE Member Li Guojie, CAE Member Li Bohu, Professor Han Qunli, Zhuang Yueting, Jin Hai, He Liang, Mr. Liu Xiaoyun, 12 representatives from the general and sub-platform and 3 staff from the Secretariat.

The Third Session of the Second Governing Board of International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology ("IKCEST") was held on September 15, 2020 in Shanghai through a combination of online and offline methods. It was co-chaired by CAE Member Chen Zuoning, Chairman of the Second Governing Board of IKCEST, Vice President of CAE and Philippe Pypaert, Programme Specialist for Natural Sciences, UNESCO Beijing Office and attended by CAE Member Zhong Zhihua (Director of IKCEST), Vice President of CAE, CAE Member Pan Yunhe, CAE Member Gao Wen, CAE Member Wu Zhiqiang, Qin Changwei, Secretary-General of the National Commission of the People's Republic of China for UNESCO, and other Governing Board members made up of academicians and experts from America, Germany, India and South Africa, 3 staff from the Secretariat, and 3 representatives from the expert team.

UNESCO released the introduction video of "IKCEST Covid-19 prevention and Control column" on its official website and Youtube account on April 8. UNESCO Beijing Office further introduced the Column on UNESCO Wechat official account on May 20.