Beijing Daxing International Airport celebrated its first anniversary on September 25^th 2020. A Guide to the Comprehensive Control of General Schedule and Progress for Airport Construction and Operational Preparation (hereinafter referred to as the Guide), which was compiled by faculty and students from Tongji SEM, was official published as an important achievement in the construction and operation of Daxing Airport. Such an achievement is of great significance in  promoting the integration process of civil airport construction and operation. It further enhances the regulation and guidance of comprehensive control of general schedule and progress for airport project, and ensures a smooth realization of the target. This is a further major achievement of SEM faculty and students after the successful completion of the comprehensive control of general schedule and progress of Beijing Daxing International Airport.

Beijing Daxing International Airport is a model to implement new development concepts, a landmark that features “quality construction, pilot engineering, safe operation and clean administration”, a leading case of a “safe, green, smart and human-oriented” airport, and a demonstration of a major project in the new era. To implement the series of important instructions on civil aviation work put forward by President XI Jinping, and to promote the modernization of governance system and governance capacity in the field of Chinese airport construction and the high quality development of civil airports under the relevant requirements of the Action Plan for Building a Strong Civil Aviation Country in the New Era and the Action Plan for Building Safe, Green, Smart and Human-Oriented Airport for China Civil Aviation (2020-2035), the Civil Aviation Administration of China invited Tongji University to participate in the compilation of this industrial standardization guide.

DONG Zhiyi, Deputy Director of the Civil Aviation Administration, is the editor-in-chief. LIU Chunchen, Director of the Airport Department of Civil Aviation Administration, and CHEN Jianguo, Professor of Tongji SEM, are the associate editors. The editors also include many other faculty members, such as LE Yun, TANG Kewei, SHI Qian, HU Wenfa, etc., as well as doctoral and postgraduate students from Tongji SEM.