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On May 10, the inaugural meeting of the Academic Committee and the Annual Academic Conference of the Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Design for Complex Transportation Systems were held at the School of Design and Art at Southwest Jiaotong University. The meeting was chaired by Dai Ning, Party Secretary of the School of Design and Art. Xia Yufeng, Deputy Party Secretary and Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection at Southwest Jiaotong University; Zhang Weihua, Academic Director of the Research Center for Ultra-High-Speed Vacuum Tube Maglev Transportation at Southwest Jiaotong University and Academic Director of the Academic Committee of the Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Design for Complex Transportation Systems; and Fu Yonglin, Director of the Advisory Committee of the School of Design and Art, attended the meeting and delivered opening remarks. Xu Bochu, Director of the Institute of Human-Machine-Environment System Design; Wang Chao, Deputy Director of the Institute; and renowned experts and scholars from numerous top-tier universities and enterprises across the country also attended the event.

The First Expert Committee Meeting and Annual Academic Conference of the Key Laboratory of Intelligent Design for Complex Transportation Systems, themed "Big Transportation Design in the Digital Intelligence Era," was organized by the Key Laboratory of Intelligent Design for Complex Transportation Systems and co-organized by the School of Design and Art of Southwest Jiaotong University and other units. The conference featured an Expert Committee plenary session in the morning (09:00–12:00) and an academic forum in the afternoon (13:30–17:15), discussing innovations in transportation system design paradigms and mapping out a new blueprint for transportation design in the digital intelligence era.

On April 29, 2026, the delegation from CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd. and the Human-Environment System Design Lab of Southwest Jiaotong University visited the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) and its subsidiary, the National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC) in Thailand, for academic exchanges. Both sides conducted in-depth discussions on rail transit development, train design, and related fields, and exchanged views on future design development directions.

On the afternoon of April 28, 2026, our institute, together with the CRRC Qingdao Sifang delegation, visited the Poh-Chang Academy of Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin, and held an exchange symposium. At the symposium, the Thai side presented the preliminary design scheme of train exterior coating patterns incorporating Thai cultural elements. Our institute elaborated to the Thai side on the practical application methods and implementation experience of cultural elements in the project. Both sides conducted in-depth exchanges on design innovation and application practice.

On the morning of April 28, 2026, our institute accompanied the CRRC Qingdao Sifang delegation to visit the Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR) for an exchange symposium. At the symposium, TISTR introduced its overall profile. The Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research is committed to promoting sustainable social development and plays an important role in scientific and technological research in Thailand. Its research fields cover food science, pharmacology, biotechnology, agricultural technology, materials, engineering, environment, ecology, and energy. After the symposium, the CRRC Qingdao Sifang and Human-Environment System Design Lab of Southwest Jiaotong University delegation visited some laboratories and experimental facilities of TISTR. Both sides conducted in-depth discussions on materials, engineering, and environment.

On December 18, 2025, the Conference on Artificial Intelligence Empowering Industrial Design and Intelligent Rail Transit Industry Development was grandly held. As an invited academic institution, the Institute of Human-Machine Systems and Environment, Southwest Jiaotong University participated in the conference, conducted in-depth discussions with experts from multiple universities and enterprises, and jointly explored new pathways for artificial intelligence to empower industrial design and the development of intelligent rail transit.

October 17, 2019, guided by the Industrial Design Teaching Subgroup of the Higher Education Committee of the Ministry of Education, the academic forum themed "Design for Life: Design and Culture in the High-Speed Rail Era", co-hosted by the School of Design and Art of Southwest Jiaotong University and the Sichuan Provincial Key Research Base of Philosophy and Social Sciences (Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Center of Sichuan University), was grandly opened at the Art Museum of the School of Architecture and Design of Southwest Jiaotong University.

On November 16- 18, 2016,the 2016 International Symposium on Industrial Design of Rail Vehicles was held in Qingdao.Design experts and scholars from 27 countries and regions, including China and the UK, gathered in Qingdao for the "Lunjian" railway vehicle industrial design innovation. More than 400 experts and scholars from well-known design companies at home and abroad attended the conference, including Tsinghua University, Southwest Jiaotong University, the Royal Academy of Arts in the UK, and design organizations such as the China Innovation Design Industry Strategic Alliance.