Chamber's National Chair of Construction Working Group Addresses at the 2017 China (Langfang) International Industrial Park Innovation Development Conference

2017-06-11 | Beijing, Shanghai

Chamber's National Chair of Construction Working Group Addresses at the 2017 China (Langfang) International Industrial Park Innovation Development Conference

The Chamber was invited to the 2017 China (Langfang) Industrial Park Innovative Development Conference by the China Center for Urban Development (CCUD), Smart City Development Alliance and Langfang Municipal People's Government (Langfang Government).  Mr Javier Lopez, the National Chair of Chamber's Construction Working Group addressed as keynote speaker at the conference and led a delegation of 12 Chamber's members to attend this conference.

Mr Qiao Ruiling, Deputy Director General of CCUD and Mr Jia Yongqing, Executive Deputy Mayor of Langfang Government both emphasised the vital role of industrial parks in the new type of urbanisation and the initiative of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integrated development.

Mr Javier Lopez started his speech by introducing the Chamber and the Construction Working Group to the Chinese stakeholders at the conference, followed by the review on the EU-China Partnership on Urbanisation in the past five years.  He ponited out that the Chamber was more than happy to see the implementation of the Plan on National New Type of Urbanisation in March 2014, and the release of 13th Five Year Plan and the Notice on Several Measures on Promoting Further Openness and Active Utilization of Foreign Investment.

Mr Javier Lopez also provided the case study on Copenhagen as the reference of successful urban planning.  As he stated, the development of industrial parks also plays an essential role in the new type of urbanisation and regional development, particularly for the collaborative development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province.  Thanks to cooperation between the EU and China as well as the scheme for national pilot areas for a new type of urbanisation, cities like Shenzhen have embarked on a journey toward low-carbon and green development, particularly in high-tech industrial parks such as the China-EU Future City pilot project.

Mr Javier Lopez further mentioned that the Chamber has been directly involved in contributing to the EU-China Partnership on Urbanisation through a Horizon 2020 project, the EU-China Innovation Platform on Sustainable Urbanisation.  He concluded his speech by expressing the intent of working closely with stakeholders and EU-China business communities to continue to advocate for the concept of sustainability, the circular economy and harmonious development with the natural environment in the process of China's urbanisation.