On January 29, the launch and promotion work conference for the establishment of the Henan Province Geotechnical Patent Technology Promotion and Management Platform was held in Zhengzhou, the provincial capital. More than 100 people attended the conference that day, including Li Guangxin, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and doctoral supervisor at Tsinghua University; Yan Mingli, researcher and doctoral supervisor at the Foundation Engineering Institute of the China Academy of Building Research; Wang Jizhong, Chairman of Beijing Pusente Geotechnical Engineering Co., Ltd.; Wang Feng, Chairman of Henan Pusente Foundation Engineering Co., Ltd.; Zhang Jing, General Manager of Henan Pusente Foundation Engineering Co., Ltd.; Lian Xianyue, Deputy Director of the Fifth Design and Research Institute of the Nuclear Industry, and Deputy Chief Engineers Guo Lei and Liang Tie'an; as well as company executives from related enterprises.