Status quo and perspective of deep foundation technology in China: a summary of the first decade of 21st century

The status quo of deep foundation technology in China is preliminarily summarized, and policies for its future development are prospected. It mainly contains 8 parts: (1) China's super-large scale economic advances promote rapid development of deep foundation works; (2) Major technical measures for deep foundation engineering to deal with serious and massive challenges; (3) Load tests on large-capacity piles; (4) Special techniques related to deep foundation engineering; (5) More frequent technical exchanges through symposiums and conferences as well as magazines and journals; (6) Academic books and publications; (7) Construction safety and quality; (8) Perspectives and suggestions.