On Jan. 15th, approved by the State Council, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People’s Republic of China released the 2018 list of persons enjoying the State Council special allowance. Chief Engineer Ma Xiangming of our institute was successfully selected into the 2018 list of persons enjoying the State Council special allowance.

On June 22, the institute invited Zhu Hairen, Dean of the Guangzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, to give a special lecture titled “Overview of Conservation of Cultural Relics in Guangzhou - Focusing on the Historic Urban Area” in the Academic Hall of 3F. 

On the afternoon of June 13, 2018, the institute invited Perry Yang, the Associate Professor of Department of Urban Planning and Architecture of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Director of the ESD studio and Chair Professor of Department of Environment and Technology of the United Nations Environmental Protection Agency - Tongji University Covestro (Bayer Materials) to give a special lecture entitled "Design and Application of Intelligent Materials in Smart Cities" at the 3F Academic Lecture Hall. 

On the morning of April 4, 2018, the institute specially invited Dr. Jiang Mei, the Associate Professor of School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the Special Editor of New Architecture to give a special lecture entitled "Study on the Urban Design Controlling Elements of Controlling Stages". 

On March 3, 2018, the first session of the first session of 13th National Committee of the CPPCC was held in Beijing, which marked the beginning of "two sessions – NPC & CPPCC" in Beijing. Ms. Xiong Xiaodong, deputy chief planner and head of the production and operation department of our institute, was elected as the representative of the 13th National People's Congress. She arrived in Beijing on March 2 together with the Guangdong delegation to participate in this National People's Congress.

        On the Oct. 26th, Zhang Shaokang, Director of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau of Guangdong Province，Allen Payne, President of Bartlett School of London University and their parties arrived at our institute for academic exchanges.

        On the afternoon of October 16, the president Qiu Yanqing and his party headed for Zhuhai regardless of hardship to sign a strategic cooperation agreement with Zhuhai Orbita Aerospace Science & Technology Co., Ltd. and Guangdong Huiyu Intelligence Survey Technology Co., Ltd. The entourages included relevant personnel of the departments such as Urban Development Research Center, Large Data Center and the Department of Production and Operation.

In order to better implement the spirit of Provincial 12th Congress of Party Representatives, Provincial Rural Poverty Alleviation and Development Work Conference, "I Draw A Blueprint for Beautiful Villages"- -2017 Nan Yue Village (Regulation) Planning Volunteer Activity cosponsored by the Provincial Agricultural Office, Provincial Homebuilding Office hall, League Committee, Education Department, Civilization Office, Poverty Relief Office, Nanfang Media Group, and Provincial Volunteers Federation, and co-organized by the Provincial Association of Urban Planning, the relevant universities and other units, was officially launched in the morning of July 19, 2017 in Nanfang Media Group.

In the morning of May 27, 2017, it was the great honor for our institute to invite Professor Li Xiaojiang, the former president of China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, to make an academic lecture titled "innovation space and space innovation".