On May 12, 2025, the test outline review meeting for the National Key R&D Program Young Scientist Project "High-Quality Utilization of Coral Aggregate and Performance Enhancement Technology for Coral Aggregate Concrete," led by Tsinghua University and jointly undertaken by MCC Building Research Institute Co., Ltd. and CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd., was successfully held in Room 530 of the New Civil Engineering Building at Tsinghua University.

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    The test outline review meeting was chaired by Rong Hua, Professor-level Senior Engineer of MCC Building Research Institute Co., Ltd., the responsible expert. Professor Yang Zhinan of North China University of Science and Technology, Professor Jin Weiliang of Zhejiang University, and Professor Jiang Jinyang of Southeast University attended the review meeting online as specially invited experts. Professor Wu Jing, Dean of the School of Civil Engineering at Tsinghua University, Professor Li Kefei of the Department of Civil Engineering at Tsinghua University, Liu Meimei, Professor-level Senior Engineer of CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd., and more than 10 representatives from Tsinghua University, MCC Building Research Institute Co., Ltd., and CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd. participated in the meeting.

    Wu Jing welcomed the participating experts and called on the project team to learn earnestly from them. He stated that the school will continue to strongly support the research work of this project, provide the project team with necessary resources and guarantees, and expressed high expectations for the project to produce high-level results.

    Subsequently, Wang Junjie, the project leader and a faculty member of the Department of Civil Engineering at Tsinghua University, gave an overall report on the project test outline, elaborating in detail on the specific test content, methods, standards, objects, sample preparation, and test procedures corresponding to the test outline.

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    After hearing the report, the expert panel raised questions on issues such as the feasibility of the test outline, acceptance criteria, and testing equipment. Yu Tong, Assistant Researcher of the Department of Civil Engineering at Tsinghua University, Han Yudong, Deputy Director/Professor-level Senior Engineer of MCC Building Research Institute Co., Ltd., and Zhao Jiaqi, Senior Engineer of CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd., as task leaders, respectively answered and supplemented the experts' questions.

    After full questioning and deliberation, the expert panel unanimously agreed that the technical indicator test outline was reasonably compiled and the scheme was feasible, and provided valuable opinions and suggestions for the improvement of the test outline and subsequent work.

    Finally, in his concluding remarks, Wang Junjie thanked the expert panel members and the school for their care and guidance on the project, and stated that all members of the project team will implement the expert panel's suggestions and make every effort to carry out this project well.