Tianjin to hold mayor’s forum

The 2018 (6th) National Urban Development Mayors Forum will be held in Tianjin Sino-Singapore Eco-City from November 2 to 3. 

Under the theme of "Green, Wisdom, Integration – High Quality Development of New Era Cities", the forum will aim to find new dimension, explore new energy and stimulate vitality for urban development. The forum will be hosted by the Xinhua News Agency Outlook Think Tank and the Financial and Economic Weekly, supported strategically by the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Management Committee. This is the first time the forum is being held outside Beijing.

The forum will gather nearly 400 representatives from wide range of fields including leaders of relevant national ministries and commissions, city mayors and deputy mayors, renowned experts and scholars, representatives of domestic leading enterprises and investment institutions, and media representatives.

The forum consists of the main forum and a number of industry sub-forums. It will explore the high-quality development of the new era cities around hot topics of green development, smart manufacturing, health industry, smart city, city integration, and private economy development.

These representatives will also visit the National Animation Industry Comprehensive Demonstration Park, Tsinghua University-Tianjin Electronic Information Research Institute, Eco-city Community Center.

“We hope that through the forum, we can strengthen exchanges with other cities and share construction experiences with those in need," said Cao Yu, director of the China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Business Bureau.

The eco-city started on September 28, 2008 and has now developed into an ecological new city with abundant resources, good environment, economic prosperity and social harmony. As the next step, it will strive to become a model city for sustainable development with global influence.

"Committed to the mission of "building a high-end policy platform for the scientific development of China's cities", we hope that the forum can 'go out' to where it touches the pulse of times. Among the cities in line with the development concept of the new era and regional development characteristics, we have chosen Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City as the forum location. This year coincides with the 10th anniversary of the construction of the eco-city which has undergone tremendous changes," said Lin Fenghua, secretary-general of the National Urban Development Mayor Forum.

The mayors' forum is a brand activity of Xinhua News Agency Outlook Weekly which has been successfully held five times since 2012. It has become one of China's mainstream forums for discussing technological innovation, urban development, planning and layout, town management and production city integration.