The seminar was made up of 8 plenary lectures and 11 invited   lectures. IABSE Chairman, former Chairman, IABSE Vice-Chairman, member   of China Engineering Academy, Prof. Xiang Haifan and Prof. Fan Lichu   from Tongji University, Deng Wenzhong, member of the US National Academy   of Engineering and other 20 famous engineers, scholars and leaders home   and abroad in the field of bridge and structural engineering shared   their constructing experiences and latest technical progress with more   than 200 representatives at the seminar. The representatives went to   Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Congqing and Wuhan for investigation. They visited   and inspected Sutong Bridge, Hangzhou Bay Bridge, Hangzhou East Bridge,   the three bridges over Yangtze River in Nanjing, ChaoTianMen Bridge in Chongqing and Wuhan Tianxingzhou Bridge.

  On the afternoon of May 11th, the unveiling ceremony   of IABSE Award of Excellent Structure for Lupu Bridge was held at   Shanghai Lupu Bridge Square. Shen Jun, Deputy Mayor of Shanghai and IABSE   Chairman attended the ceremony. Lupu Bridge with a 550 meters length of   span was the longest-span arch bridge in 2003 worldwide. This award of excellent structure was the first one for the Chinese bridges to win from IABSE.