The CFRD experts, after having met on Septmber 20, 2005  during Symposium on the Chinese CFRD Construction for 20 years in Yichang , China , had a  preliminary meeting and decided to establish the CFRD International SOCIETY, an association for the study of all aspects of CFRD (concrete face rockfill dam), for the purposes of promoting science and research into all aspects of CFRD and of communication between specialists interested in this field, do hereby adopt the following Statutes, for the purposes of establishing a non-profit and non-government organization.