IBM will invest $30 million in 5 years, bringing together global developers, working with the United Nations, the Red Cross, the Linux Foundation (Linux Foundation) and DCC (David Clark cause), using cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and block-chain technologies, to solve the most pressing social problems “The defense, response and reconstruction of natural disasters” together.

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit Ningjiang District in Songyuan, Northeast China's Jilin province. The epicenter was monitored at 45.27 degrees north latitude and 124.71 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 13 kilometers, the center said.

The Skype meeting for Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service (DRR) was held on May 18, 2018. Mr. Soichiro Yasukawa, Ms. Jutty May, Ms. Fang Ying, Prof. Wang Juanle and other DRR team members joined the meeting.

The project team for EEKS of Tsinghua University convened a special training meeting on the financial and auditing systems for EEKS on May 21, 2018. Through this special training the members of the project team had a good understanding of related financial and auditing systems and management work about EEKS and resolved to earnestly carry out the financial auditing and management systems of CAE and Tsinghua in the progress of project.

On May 25, 2018, Mr. Philippe Pypaert, programme specialist for Natural Sciences of UNESCO Office in Beijing and his colleague Ms. Li Ang visited the International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology under the Auspices of UNESCO (IKCEST).

During May 12-16th, 2018, Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service (DRR) team attended the International Conference for the Decade Memory of the Wenchuan Earthquake in Chengdu, China.

On the morning of May 13th, the opening ceremony of 2018 World-Class Universities Expo in Xi’an was held in Xi’an Jiaotong University. Wang Yongkang, Secretary of Xi’an Municipal Committee, Zhang Maizeng, secretary of the party committee of XJTU, and Wang Shuguo, President of XJTU and others leaders attended the ceremony. The opening ceremony was hosted by Xi Guang, Vice President of XJTU. Representatives of 87 universities from 26 countries attended the Expo.

On May 4th,2018, the team of Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service (DRR) was invited to visit the international program office of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) to exchange views about the cooperation and to promote the establishment of partnership between the two sides.