Address at the Opening Ceremony on the 6^th International Symposium on Permafrost Engineering

Warmly welcome to the opening ceremony of the 6^th International Symposium on Permafrost Engineering. I am Guodong Cheng, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Symposium. I am very glad that you can come to attend the Symposium. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I enthusiastically invite your participating in the Symposium,     

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