News

EU-China Tourist DESTINATIONS Urban Mobility Management Workshop This workshop aims to encourage exchange between the six CIVITAS DESTINATION project cities (Funchal, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Valletta, Elba, Rethymno and Limassol) and Chinese cities  – with a particular focus on Beijing and Shenzhen – on their sustainable transport experiences. The DESTINATIONS cities will also meet … Continue reading “Civitas DESTINATIONS workshop in Beijing on 22nd June”

On May 18, 2018, the “2018 EU-China Sustainable Urban Forum on Intelligent Technology Innovation” (4th) was successfully held at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin with the theme of “Technology Innovation and Intelligent Manufacturing”. As one of the thematic forums for the 2nd World Intelligence Congress, this forum is under the guidance of … Continue reading “2018 EU-China Sustainable Urban Forum on Intelligent Technology Innovation was Successfully Held”

The URBAN-EU-CHINA special event Horizon 2020: URBAN-EU-CHINA roundtable dialogue took place on May 18th 2018 as a session at the annual EU-China Forum on Sustainable Urban Development hosted by the CCUD in Tianjin in China. The roundtable is a form of dialoguing with city and industry stakeholders, for asking what URBAN-EU-CHINA can do for them, and … Continue reading “Horizon 2020: URBAN-EU-CHINA roundtable dialogue”

URBAN-EU-CHINA has set up its first EU-China urban living lab in China and facilitated 6 city-industry partnership between EU and China. The inauguration ceremonies of the Urban Living Lab and city-industry partnerships took place during the EU-China Forum on Sustainable Urban Development on 18th May 2018 in Tianjin, China. The Forum, hosted by CCUD and … Continue reading “First EU-CHINA Urban Living Lab established in Tianjin by URBAN-EU-CHINA”

One of URBAN-EU-CHINA’s partners, ISINNOVA (formerly ISIS), the Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems, is an independent Italian research institute that supports international, national and local public bodies in the analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of sustainable policies in the fields of energy, environment, mobility and urban planning. With significant experience in the formulation and evaluation of … Continue reading “ISINNOVA: Helping cities become more sustainable”

Horizon 2020: URBAN-EU-CHINA roundtable dialogue In the URBAN-EU-CHINA Innovation Platform on Sustainable Urbanisation, 12 experienced European and Chinese consortium partners from across the sustainable urbanisation value chain join forces to support the European Commission in its aim to make EU-China sustainable urbanisation cooperation more accessible, attractive, and rewarding for a broader set of stakeholders. To … Continue reading “URBAN-EU-CHINA Special Event in Tianjin 18th May”

On the morning of April 26th, as a crucial academic activity, the Sino-German Urban Development & Cultural Innovation Seminar was co-sponsored by China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) and China Academy of Urban Planning & Design (CAUPD). This seminar invited twelve experts and scholars from China and Germany, amongst them URBAN-EU-CHINA members Yang Baojun and Liu Chang … Continue reading “The Sino-German Urban Development & Cultural Innovation Seminar”

We are looking for a postdoctoral candidate to join our team and work with us on Chinese urban living labs: Cities are places of social innovation and engines of economic growth. One of the greatest challenges facing Chinese urbanisation is how to best design and turn cities into intelligent, socially integrative and sustainable environments. The … Continue reading “Application deadline for Postdoctoral position for Chinese Living Labs on Sustainable Urbanisation getting closer”

On April 16th Annemie Wyckmans (NTNU, UEC project coordinator), Wang Yu (NTNU, UEC project officer), Håvard Wibe (NTNU research advisor) and Kristian Mjøen (Trondheim Municipality, Project Manager University-City 3.0) had a meeting with Xin Liu (The First Bureau of Investment Promotion, Tianjin Harbor Economic Area Administration), Chen Xu (Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone, Lingang Hi-Tech … Continue reading “URBAN-EU-CHINA, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Trondheim Municipality delegation visiting China Center for Urban Development (CCUD) in Beijing”

The new cooperation of Kiel-Marketing brings Chinese guests to Kiel and into the country As part of the economic business trip to China in August 2017, the delegation of Kiel visited Qingdao as well as Hangzhou, which is the capital of the partner province of Schleswig-Holstein. Its name is Zhejiang and it is located near … Continue reading “German Centre Hangzhou – North German Centre for Tourism opened on 24th of November 2017”