Farewell to 2019 and welcome to 2020. We, the Executive Committee of World Transport Convention (WTC) today send out our genuine New Year blessings to friends at home and abroad!

With strong support of all partners and the approval of the State Council, sponsored by the China Association for Science and Technology, the Ministry of Transport, and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, WTC 2019 was successfully held by China Highway and Transportation Society (CHTS) in Beijing from June 13-16.

Since 2017, the annual WTC has been successfully held for three years. Our convention has steadily improved in size, scale, quality, influence and effect, and has become an important platform for international exchange and cooperation in transport.

In May 2020, the Second United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference (GSTC) will be held in China with the theme of "sustainable transport and sustainable development". Entrusted by GSTC Organizing Committee, CHTS and our Executive Committee will contribute our experience and academic advantages to assist the preparation and organization of the technical forums in GSTC 2020.

Due to the overlapping of WTC 2020 and GSTC 2020, after careful consideration, WTC 2020 has been rescheduled after GSTC 2020 to highlight the theme of GSTC, and made an adjustment of our theme to continue and deepen the topic of "sustainable transport". The plan is to focus on "Transportation Logistics and Travel Services", "Regional Synergy and Urban Traffic", and "Infrastructure and Smart Construction" from June to August in 2020 for a series of activities. We invite all relevant companies, universities, research institutes and partners to actively participate in our convention as usual.

WTC 2021 will be back in Beijing in June 2021. Please note the call for papers of WTC 2021 will be announced in February 2020.