On the morning of January 6, 2020, the Unveiling Ceremony of the International Arctic School,  Harbin Institute of Technology (IAS-HIT) and the Opening Ceremony of the International Arctic School Winter 2020 (IAS-HIT-Winter2020) were held at the State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, reported  UArctic.

In total, 106 graduate students worldwide participated in the Opening Ceremony, of which 48 international students came from 24 countries on 5 continents (including 7 Arctic countries: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, and the United States), and 58 from domestic universities, such as Harbin Institute of Technology, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Tianjin University. Professor LI Yifan, Director of the UArctic-HIT-Training Center (UArctic-HIT-TC) and Professor of School of Environment hosted the Ceremonies. Academician REN Nanqi, the Principal of the IAS-HIT and Dean of School of Environment, delivered a welcome speech, and announced the opening of IAS-HIT-Winter2020. Prof. Anatoly N. Nikolaev, Rector of the  North-Eastern Federal University, Russia, Dr. FAN Hongbo, Vice-Dean of International HIT, and Dr. Pål Markusson, Vice President Mobility, UArctic, delivered their speeches at the Ceremony. Experts and scholars from domestic and foreign well-known scientific research institutions and universities, and the heads of relevant units of HIT participated in the event.