Beijing Institute of Ancient Architecture Established at Tianjin University

On September 15, the Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage and Tianjin University signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement, and inaugurated the Beijing Institute of Ancient Architecture at Tianjin University.

In the morning, Li Jiajun, the Party Secretary of Tianjin University, met Chen Mingjie, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage and his entourage on the Weijin Road campus. Vice President Yuan Yingjin and relevant people from the Research Institute, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, and School of Architecture attended the meeting.

Chen Mingjie introduced the focus of Beijing's cultural heritage protection in recent years. It is hoped that the Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage and Tianjin University can strengthen strategic cooperation, build a long-term mechanism, continue to make breakthroughs in important projects, and make new contributions to the protection of Beijing's cultural heritage.

Li Jiajun expressed his welcome to Chen Mingjie and his party. He pointed out that Tianjin University has been committed to the protection and inheritance of China's outstanding heritage for many years, and has now formed a heritage protection scientific research team composed of Architecture, Computer, Construction Engineering, Precision Instrument, Materials and other disciplines, taking a leading position in China.

Subsequently, Yuan Yingjin and Chen Mingjie signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement on behalf of the two parties and unveiled the Beijing Institute of Ancient Architecture. Chen Mingjie proposed that the Beijing Institute of Ancient Architecture would further promote cooperation in the protection of cultural relics in Beijing and Tianjin. Yuan Yingjin hoped that two parties would take the establishment of the Beijing Institute of Ancient Architecture as an opportunity to better serve the protection of Beijing's ancient architectural heritage. After the unveiling ceremony, the present experts gave speeches on their research directions.

Tianjin University is one of the earliest universities in China to carry out cultural heritage protection. As early as the 1940s, the predecessor of the School of Architecture left valuable surveying and mapping data for the construction of the Forbidden City. Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the university has successively completed the surveying and mapping work of Ming and Qing imperial buildings such as the Imperial Qianlong Garden, Jianfu Palace Garden, Ming Dynasty Tombs, Beihai Park, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace. The establishment of Beijing Institute of Ancient Architecture aims to rely on the strong scientific research strength and valuable experience of Tianjin University to facilitate the cultural heritage protection of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

By the School of Architecture

Editor: Eva Yin