重庆建筑工程学院与加拿大麦吉尔大学合作于1993年2月24日至27日在重庆召开了“城乡结合部住宅规划与设计”国际学术研讨会。会议由重庆建筑工程学院人类聚居与环境研究所所长朱昌廉教授、副所长张兴国副教授以及麦吉尔大学建筑学院低速价住宅研究中心主任 Chongqing Institute of Civil Engineering and Technology and McGill University of Canada co-sponsored an international academic symposium on residential planning and design of urban and rural areas in Chongqing from February 24th to 27th, 1993. The meeting was chaired by Professor Zhu Changlian, Director of the Institute of Human Settlements and Environment, Chongqing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, and Associate Professor Zhang Xingguo, Deputy Director of the College of Architecture, McGill University