The Chinese Academy of Sciences – Institute of Mountain Hazards & Environment (referred to as CAS-IMHE) and The Italian National Research Council – Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection (referred to as CNR-IRPI), with the aim of promoting the scientific collaboration on mountain hazards mitigation and building an academic cooperation platform for Chinese and Italian scientists, signed on November 15, 2013, agree to stipulate an Agreement on Establishing Sino-Italian Joint Laboratory on Mountain Hazards.
