2018 China-EU Conference on Sustainable Urbanisation:
Digital Xiong’an·Empowering the Future
The second high-level 2018 China-EU Conference on Sustainable Urbanisation will be held in Beijing on 12 December 2018. The conference aims to build on and continue the previous achievements of the EU-China Urbanisation Partnership, which was agreed in May 2012 by President Barroso and Premier Li Keqiang.
The first annual China-EU Conference on Sustainable Urbanisation was held at CAUPD on 26 October 2017. This first annual conference plays an important role in the implementation of both the EU-China Urbanisation Partnership and the Ministry of Science and Technology’s Horizon 2020 Co-Funding Mechanism as a means of facilitating future discussion, collaboration, and mutual learning between countries.
China is in the processes of establishing the Xiong’an New Area and the focus of this conference will be on this initiative. The construction of the Xiongan New Area is of national significance and will support similar initiatives planned for the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, and the Shanghai Pudong New Area. CAUPD is responsible for developing the Master Plan for Xiong’an New Area and is working on designing the digital planning platform for Xiong’an New Area. Therefore, the focus of this conference will be “Digital Xiongan Empowering the Future”
??Theme of the conference:
2018 China-EU Conference on Sustainable Urbanisation: Digital Xiong’an·Empowering the Future
??Organiser:
China Academy of Urban Planning and Design of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (CAUPD)
??Co-organiser:
The Urban Planning Society of China (UPSC)
URBAN-EU-CHINA and TRANS-URBAN-EU-CHINA projects
??Special Support from:
Delegation of the European Union to China
??Date:
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
??Venue:
Main Conference Hall in China Academy of Urban Planning and Design
(N.10 Che Gong Zhuang Xi Lu, Haidian district, Beijing)
Nearest Subway Station: Baishiqiao South, line 6 and 9
??Attendance quota:
200 Max
??Brief agenda: