The Seventh Sino-French City Sustainable Development Forum Opens in Caidian, Wuhan, China

2024 marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and France, as well as the 10th anniversary of the agreement to jointly construct the Sino-French Wuhan Ecological Demonstration City. A decade of transformation has seen the rise of a new Sino-French city in Caidian District, Wuhan, blending Chinese elegance with French romanticism, and featuring both an international flair and a sense of technology. On March 20, the Sino-French Wuhan Ecological Demonstration City celebrated its 10th anniversary of signing and hosted the seventh Sino-French City Sustainable Development Forum.

The permanent venue for the Sino-French Sustainable Development Forum, located in Caidian District, Wuhan, provided by the Publicity Department of the Caidian District Committee.

The Sino-French Wuhan Ecological Demonstration City is a collaborative effort between China and France to address challenges such as global climate change and environmental protection, aiming to promote the construction of an ecological new city, established in March 2014 in Caidian, Wuhan. This represents the highest level and largest scale of cooperation between China and France in the field of urban sustainable development.

Over the past decade, six forums have been jointly held by China and France in Wuhan and Beijing, gathering resources from both countries in the field of urban sustainable development, including enterprises, projects, talent, capital, and technology, gradually expanding its influence. To date, the Sino-French Wuhan Ecological Demonstration City has accumulated a total fixed asset investment of RMB 72.7 billion, with its three leading industries - high-end services, digital economy, and life health - continuously developing, and a coexisting pattern of connected rivers and lakes, as well as the integration of mountains, waters, and the city, gradually emerging.

The "Sino-French Wuhan Ecological Demonstration City Ten-Year Development White Paper" released on the same day shows that the Sino-French Wuhan Ecological Demonstration City integrates sustainable development technologies and experiences in urban planning, design, and construction management from both countries, emphasizes the utilization of renewable energy and ecological environmental technology, highlights a low-carbon transportation system and the application of green buildings, and is gradually becoming a model of ecological priority, green development, and livability.