24 October / 1 November 2017. Benecon – UNESCO Chair mission in China for scientific and research activities: Shanghai (Urban Planning Exhibition Center, Financial District, Oriental Art Center, Science and Technology Museum); and World Heritage properties of Hangzhou and Mont Wuyi. International Summit on Village Protection in Yuyan village. Lecture ‘Representation, preservation and restoration of two UNESCO properties in Italy: Pompeii and Cilento’ by Prof. Carmine Gambardella, President of the Benecon UNESCO Chair, Ph.D. Arch. Rosaria Parente and Ph.D. Arch. Alessandro Ciambrone. Memorandum of Understanding with the China National Academy of Fine Arts: joint organization of the XVI International Forum of Studies ‘Le Vie dei Mercanti’ WORLD HERITAGE and RESILIENCE, Naples and Capri, June 2018.