NTNU AND TRONDHEIM MUNICIPALITY MEETING WITH CAUPD AND CHINESE CITY REPRESENTATIVES AT THE CAUPD HEADQUARTER IN BEIJING

On the 25th of October 2017 the NTNU-delegation consisting of Prof. Annemie Wyckmans, Senior advisor Arild Smolan, Postdoctoral researcher Wang Yu, Research advisor Håvard Wibe and Research assistant Pål Aune visited the CAUPD in Beijing, together with the delegation from Trondheim Municipality consisting of CEO Morten Wolden, Innovation advisor Kristian Mjøen and Li Li.

From the Chinese side there where many participants, amongst them Vice President of the CAUPD Wang Kai, project manager of URBAN-EU-CHINA Liu Chang, representatives from MoHURD and representatives from Suining City of Sichuan Province.

The CAUPD introduced themselves and talked about their work, and Prof. Wyckmans presented the URBAN-EU-CHINA Innovation Platform on Sustainable Urbanization.

During the meeting many issues were presented and discussed, amongst them the University-City cooperation in Trondheim, and Trondheim’s city development. Representatives from Suining city introduced the work they have been doing there, and there were discussions on what a cooperation between Trondheim municipality, Suining city, the CAUPD and NTNU could look like.