The Institute for Urban Risk Management of Tongji University (URMI) was established in the context of implementing the spirit of the Central Urban Work Conference. The aim is to promote the development and transformation of various disciplines relying on Tongji University’s own rich academic and management resources.
The URMI has its motto “Reliable Consideration and Work Corporately” and adheres to the principles of “Serve as Eyes and Ears for the City, Combine the Wisdom and the Mind of the City, and Highlight the Soul of the City”. It is committed to building a talent training base for the urban risk management sector, so as to serve as a high-end think tank, communication platform and transformation carrier for the industry.
Being directly subordinated to Tongji University, the URMI adopts the responsibility system of the dean under the management of the council，and sets up expert committees and advisory committees. The URMI has several departments, including the theoretical research center, project promotion center, data analysis centers, foreign exchange center and general office. The URMI has gathered more than 50 well-known experts from different fields, professions and industries. The expert committees of the URMI has two directors, Xu Zu Yuan and Zhou Yan LI. Xu Zu Yuan is the deputy director of the “Expert Consultative Committee of the State Council Work Safety Commission”, and Zhou Yan Li is the former vice chairman of the CIRC. Furthermore, there are more than 30 full-time and part-time researchers in the URMI. They are all key members and experts of various fields from Tongji University, and other colleges and universities.
The URMI sets up the council of which the director is Fang Shou En, who is the secretary of the Party committee in the Tongji University. The council members include the China International Urbanization Development Strategy Research Committee, China Pacific Property Insurance Co.,Ltd, Bank of Shanghai, Shanghai Lingang Economic Development (Group) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Shanghai Research Institute of Building Science (Group) Co., Ltd. , Shanghai Asian Insurance Brokers Co., Ltd., ShunJie Construction (Group) Co., Ltd., College of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, the School of Economics and Management, Tongji University.
