Gala Dinner

As a great poet in ancient China once said, “A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.” We are all friends and neighbors under the sky. Our common passion for tunnelling and underground space draws us from all corners of the globe and binds us together at WTC2024. The Gala Dinner presents a golden opportunity for us to show you how marvelous it is to integrate traditional Chinese culture with the development of tunnelling and underground space. Here, you will be an integral part of the famous Chinese painting A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains, where you can wander through the charming landscapes of China.

There is a Chinese saying which goes, “A journey of a thousand miles begin with a single step”. The vigorous development of tunnelling and underground space has not only shortened the distance for global trade but also brought people together even more closely. The GALA Dinner integrates delicious Chinese cuisine with timeless Chinese culture and art to provide a multi-sensory experience of color, aroma, flavor, sight, and sound that will allow guests to appreciate the warm hospitality of China.

While being immersed in Chinese culture, all guests will raise their glasses in a toast to commemorate the achievements and fruitful exchanges of this congress in China. In the future, the global tunnelling industry will continue to work together with the world through technology innovation, collaboration and sharing for a more efficient and sustainable development of tunnelling and underground space with greater safety.