The institute launched the 6th “Southern Guangdong Cup” Design Competition in April, 2018. With the theme of “Update of Creativity”, Luntou Village in Haizhu District was chosen as the planning and design competition area in this competition. A total of 9 entries were received from the departments including Planning Institute 1, Planning Institute 2, Planning Institute 3, Planning Institute 4, Planning Institute 5, Planning Institute 6, Institute of Architecture, Housing Policy Research Center, Big Data Center, etc. 

the “Seminar on the Strengthening Knowledge Management and Promoting the Intelligent Development of Enterprises in Survey and Design Industry” hosted by the China Survey and Design Association Informationization Promotion Work Committee, co-organized by Guangdong Province Engineering Survey and Design Industry Association and Guangdong Urban & Rural Planning and Design Institute, and undertaken by CNKI and the Guangdong City Planning Association was held on June 14, 2018 in Guangzhou.

On June 1, the sixth “Southern Guangdong Cup” six-school joint graduation design competition hosted by the institute and organized by Guangzhou University came to a successful conclusion at the School of Architecture and Design of Southwest Jiaotong University. 

Our institute and China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp. Ltd. (CCEED) concluded strategic cooperation framework agreement on September 11.

At 19:00 of May 5, 2017, a special theme concert was staged at the Cancer Prevention and Control Center of Zhongshan University. This activity was jointly organized by the volunteer service team of Urban and Rural Planning and Design Institute of Guangdong Province, the Youth League Committee of Cancer Prevention and Control Center of Zhongshan University, and GJ DoReMi. Led by the institute party secretary, Qian Zhongjiang, the volunteers within and outside the institute brought a music feast to the patients and medical workers in the forms of live music playing, story sharing, singing and playing at the same time, musical instrument solo, oral reading with music, and audience chorus and interaction. This activity was aimed at helping the cancer patients to regain the confidence in living and enlarge the strength to endure, and eulogizing the touching spirit of doctor-patient solidarity and co-building new life.

In order to make positive response to the 4th “World Cities Day” theme activity cosponsored by UN-HABITAT, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and People's Government of Guangdong Province in Guangzhou October 31, 2017, implement the strategic requirements of "Healthy China", and promote the “Healthy Guangdong” and healthy city construction, the Seminar of a Healthy City in Innovation Development & Planning of Medical Care and Pension Industry was jointly held by Urban and Rural Planning and Design Institute of Guangdong Province, Urban Planning Association of Guangdong Province and French PADW Architectural Design Firm in Guangdong Yingbin Hotel on May 26, 2017.

In the morning of May 25, Li Zhigang, the dean of School of Urban Design of Wuhan University, and his fellows made an informal discussion at our research institute and signed a strategic cooperation agreement. President Qiu Yanqing, Secretary Qian Zhongjiang of our research institute as well as the directors responsible for Human Resources Department, Chief-engineer Office, Planning II, Planning V and other departments participated in the discussion exchange meeting.