During the period from 23 June 2018 to 26 June 2018, Ir Prof. Y.L. Wong visited Institute of Disaster Prevention in Beijing, China, and presented a seminar on the Properties and Applications of Passive Fire Protection Materials to the staff and research students of the Institute. Prof. X. Guo, the Dean of the Faculty of Civil and Earthquake Engineering of the Institute introduced to Prof. Wong on the laboratory faculties and research work of earthquake resistant design of typical rural buildings in China.