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Forum on Green Building

On April 2-3, 2018, the 14th International Conference on Green and Energy-Efficient Building & New Technologies and Products Expo held in Zhuhai in the International Convention & Exhibition Centre. During the event, high level European and Chinese speakers introduced and shared practical experience of on-going EU-China International Programs in Green ..

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Europe -China Eco Cities Link Project

Europe-China Eco cities link project (EC-LINK) is a European Union funded project, a key element of the EU-China Partnership on Sustainable Urbanisation, which was signed by the European Commission and the Chinese government in May 2012. It aims at assisting Chinese cities in implementing energy and resource-efficient measures by sharing ..

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Shenzhen competition coming soon

Shenzhen Qianhai Project Bureau is planning a Design Competition in the coming months (January –February 2018). It is about an area called “City’s Living Room” – Qianhai which has a 50 ha surface and is situated at the west corner of the City Shenzhen . The competition includes urban designs and requires a research (programma van eisen) for a group of public buildings such as theatre, museum and conference centre.

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World Cities Day – Innovative Governance, Open Cities

World Cities Day is the first international day established under the proposal of Chinese government. It was proposed in the Shanghai Declaration by organizing committee of the World Expo, UN and International Exhibition Bureau the closing day of the closing ceremony of World Expo 2010 Shanghai China, should be nominated as World Cities Day. With the joint efforts of UN-Habitat, MOHURD, CCPIT and Shanghai Municipal Government, the UN General Assembly adopted the resolution which designated 31 October as World Cities Day (WCD) in December 2013.

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Film – living in the urban delta in the Netherlands

Please see the promotion film – Living in the Urban Delta, which is made under the commission by Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment. In this film, Xiaocun Ruan, Director of the East & West Urban Consultancy and other experts talked about the threats, challenges and opportunities of water which ..

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China becomes more sustainable

“Although the impression most western people have of China is – smog, traffic jam and polluted cities, China is actually progressing in terms of sustainability.” This is what Xiaocun Ruan (director and founder of the East West Urban Consultancy) said in an interview with Dutch magazine “China Now”. The sustainability ..

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Idea competition:Who Cares?

Aiming at creating a new form of comfortable living and sufficient care supply for elderly people in cities of the Netherlands, especially in some poor neighbourhoods is not an easy task. That is why 4 cities in the Netherlands together with Dutch ministry of Health, Social Welfare & Sport, Ministry ..

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