On 3rd March 2018, a delegation of WHITRAP directed by Prof. Zhou Jian, and composed by Simone Ricca, Anna-Paola Pola and Li Hong, visited the city of Zhenze and met with Mr. Zhuang Zhiwei, Deputy Director of Protection Committee for the Old Town, and Ms. Wu Xiaoying, Manager of Tourism Company.

The mission had two goals: on the one hand to verify the agreement for the organization of the forthcoming HIA/EIA course organized by WHITRAP with ICCROM in October 2018 in Zhenze; on the other hand to collect data and organize the field visit and the meeting with the local authorities planned in the framework of the International Seminar organized by Westminster University in collaboration with WHITRAP and XJTLU in Suzhou. The meeting also addressed the logistics of the Training course and the accommodation for the participants.