The 2nd Youth Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering is held in Yixing from Nov 28 to 30. It is organized by Chinese Institute of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering-China Civil Engineering Society. The symposium is undertaken by IRSM, SKLGME, Association for Science and Technology in Jiangsu Province, and Geoenvironmental Engineering Branch of Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering. More than 150 experts, representatives and postgraduates from different fields attend the symposium. It also attracts more than 30 representatives from engineering companies.

The symposium consists of 4 parts including invited report, chief engineer forum, special report and postgraduate forum. The key topic is Multi-phase Media Effect and Control of Polluted Soil and Groundwater. 57 papers are submitted to the symposium, 43 of them are accepted and recommended to Rock and Soil Mechanics and Paper Collection of the 2nd Youth Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering.