Initiating Ceremony of UN-Habitat CFCC held in Beijing

Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, UN Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director of UN-Habitat, delivers a speech at the initiating ceremony of the UN-Habitat China Future Cities Council (CFCC), in Beijing, April 25, 2019. (Photo by Zhang Zhou/ Guangming Picture)

BEIJING, April 26 (Guangming Online)--“The initiative is a platform to work together, to stimulate each other to come forward with innovative solutions for cities and urban residents in China,” said Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, UN Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director of UN-Habitat, at the initiating ceremony of the UN-Habitat China Future Cities Council (CFCC), on Tuesday in Beijing.

She also hoped that it would provide a useful opportunity to technology companies in China to look with us into the future challenges of better cities and better lives.

The UN-Habitat China proposed the establishment of the UN-habitat CFCC for better integration and innovation between science and technology and cities. Lu Weiding, Chiarman of the Board, Wanxiang Group, and Pang Shengdong, Co-Chairman of the Board, Xinchao Media Group, were invited to respectively take the office of Chair and Vice Chair of the UN-Habitat CFCC.

The council is planned to be officially established in the latter half of the year 2019, and it will release annual reports on future cities prospect, focusing on “smart cities” and cities’ sustainable development.