“…C., 2002). To improve buildings' seismic performance, when the designing standard and disciplines of anti-seismic criterion are relatively unclear, GCES assisted relevant organizations to complete the following tests, to be specific, the wind tunnel force balance test on Canton Tower structure (completed by State Key Laboratory of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University) (Gu, Huang, Zhu, & Pan, 2009;Zhou, Gu, Zhu, & Huang, 2009) (Pan, Zhou, & Liang, 2008;Zhou, 2006), the experimental investigation on stability of the exterior steel frame and waist portion of Canton Tower (completed by Tsinghua University) (Guo, Liu, Wang, Lin, Pan, & Liang, 2008), the experimental research on bidirectional hinge joints in Canton Tower (completed by College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University) (Chen, Zhao, & Wang, 2007), the advisory report of long-term corrosion resistance and protection technology about Canton Tower (completed by Central Iron & Steel Research Institute, CISRI), the advisory report of steel pipe production process for steel structure analysis (completed by Beijing Yuanda International Project Management Consulting Co., Ltd.), and vibrating stress relief test on welded steel tube of Canton Tower (completed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University), the test on F 1000 mm  50 mm hot forging hemisphere of Canton Tower (completed by Jiangsu Huning Steel Mechanism Co., Ltd.), the experimental study on atmosphere corrosion resisting structural steel of BRA520C (Q420GJCW) of Canton Tower (completed by Central Research Institute of Building and Construction Co., Ltd., MCC Group).…”