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Final Report for APEC Workshop on the
Establishment of a Cooperative
Network of Sustainable Cities (CNSC) in
APEC Economies
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CONTENTS
1. Project Profile .......................................................................................... 1
1.1 Project Background ................................................................................................. 1
1.2 Objectives ................................................................................................................. 1
1.3 Significance .............................................................................................................. 2
1.4 Participants ............................................................................................................... 2
2. Project Implementation .............................................................................. 3
2.1 1 January 2015-31 July 2015 ................................................................................ 3
2.2 1 August 2015—10 September 2015 ................................................................... 4
2.3 11 September 2015—12 September 2015 .......................................................... 4
2.4 13 September 2015—31 December 2015 ........................................................... 5
3. Representative Achievement ................................................................. 5
3.1 APEC Workshop—APEC Cooperative Network of Sustainable Cities ........... 5
3.1.1 Organization of the Workshop ....................................................................... 5
3.1.2 Time and Venue ............................................................................................... 5
3.1.3 Main Participants .............................................................................................. 5
3.2 Schedule ................................................................................................................... 6
3.3 Websites or Online Materials ............................................................................... 13
4. Project Benefits ..................................................................................... 15
5. Overall Impact ........................................................................................ 16
6. Conclusion and Information on Next Steps ............................................. 16
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1. Project Profile
1.1 Project Background
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a platform for multilateral cooperation
among economies. Currently, with the experiencing booming urbanization trend,
member economies launched APEC projects. APEC members pay much attention to
projects and participate in the project application to promote establishing an
urbanization partnership in APEC region through the APEC platform and resources.
Beijing Agenda published in 2014 APEC Leaders’ Meeting designated that “We
support APEC partnership initiatives on urbanization and undertake to establish a
cooperative network of sustainable cities in APEC economies. We will organize
forums, hold policy dialogues, and utilize international sister-cities programs to
promote cooperation and share experiences on urbanization and sustainable city
development.”
Moreover, the current booming urbanization in APEC region has brought large
quantities of opportunities and challenges to the whole APEC area. Data shows that in
APEC region, 11 economies’ urbanization rate has reached over 83%, and the highest
are Singapore and Hong Kong, China; while the urbanization rate of relatively
backward economies is only 40%-60%. China Minister of Foreign Affair put forward
the issue “Shaping the Future through Asia-Pacific Partnership—Urbanization and
Cities Sustainable Development” at the 2014 First Senior Official Meeting.
In implementing the APEC Ministers’ instructions, this project advocates to establish
APEC Cooperative Network of Sustainable Cities focusing on renewable energy, new
and clean energy fields to learn, share and disseminate knowledge, technologies and
cases to strengthen exchanges and cooperation among APEC member economies in
the field of urban sustainable development, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and
China’s National Energy Administration organized project application through Energy
Working Group.
1.2 Objectives
There are three main objectives of this project:
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To increase knowledge and enhance common understanding among APEC
economies on sustainable energy development, shorten the knowledge gap in
APEC area through capacity building activities, to ensure workshop participants
gain the latest practical projects, information, products, experience, technology;
To build supports on sustainable energy industries, and to facilitate technology
transfer on sustainable energies, to stimulate economic growth;
To build a platform on sustainable cities development for industries, academies,
research institutes, government and enterprises to learn, engage, share and
demonstrate, let the sustainable energy technology lead the cities’ sustainable
development
1.3 Significance
Response to the APEC Leaders’ Declaration, it is APSEC’s mission to disseminate
the advanced concepts and modes in APEC region in the field of sustainable energy.
We hope to establish an interactive cooperative and complimentary network of
sustainable cities and technologies to promote cities’ sustainable development.
This project focuses on renewable energy, new and clean energy fields and
strengthen cooperation with other economies especially the interactive and
complimentary cooperation by gradually carrying out information exchange, policy
dialogue, technology research and development, capacity building. Therefore, we
hope to promote the establishing new urbanization partnership by completing this
project. It aims to establish information sharing platform including policies, results,
technologies, modes and investment which can provide comprehensive solutions on
sustainable development, promote practical projects cooperation and realize the
effective replication on sustainable city cases among APEC cities.
1.4 Participants
China is the proposing APEC economy of this project. And there are other six
co-sponsoring economies including the Hong Kong China, Singapore, United States,
Australia, New Zealand and Canada. In addition, there are other APEC and
Non-APEC economies are actively involved in the project.
The project contains five types of participants:
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Policy Makers and Government Officials who have the responsibility and right to
make policies and are able to influence the trend of district developing. The
governments will make policies to determine in which fields that the future should
engage in, which may include the renewable energy strategies and sustainable
low carbon economy development.
Urban planners, research institutes and academies related to the renewable
energy and sustainable development will provide intelligent support.
Industries will help put the ideas, thoughts, plans and design into practice.
Enterprises, investors and business communities associated with the
development of a stable and commercially viable renewable energy industry, in
which they will obtain increasing commercial and brand promotions chances.
2. Project Implementation
According to the project objectives, four periods are arranged to finish the project:
2.1 1 January 2015-31 July 2015
(1) Action
Conduct information collection on technologies, strategies, standards and policies
on the sustainable development;
Communicate and discuss the collected the information among the participating
organization;
Integration of the information and resources to build the database for the APEC
cooperative networks;
Classify and select the typical low carbon town, site visit several low carbon
towns to survey and analysis their demand and supply;
Develop the framework of the APEC cooperative network of sustainable cities,
including the three pillars working mechanism obtaining the sustainable energy
institute, sustainable energy cities mayors alliance and sustainable cities
development expo and two operating guarantee—sub-fund on cities’ sustainable
development and sustainable energy technology incubator;
Approaches of information collection may include visiting websites, consulting
literatures (e.g. books, publications, reports, etc.), conducting expert meetings
and group discussion by email, telephone, or visiting sites to conduct case
studies and so on.
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(2) Output
Survey reports, website files, pictures and videos on technologies, strategies,
standards and policies on the cities sustainable development and renewable energy,
new and clean energy fields, guidance and practices in APEC economies and
selected economies in other regions.
2.2 1 August 2015—10 September 2015
(1) Action
Prepare for the workshop, including draft, program, agenda, and participation list
(experts/designers/policy-makers/entrepreneurs, temporary employees, other
stakeholders in APEC economies), invite speakers and delegates from government
and private sector agencies currently progressing cities sustainable development,
knowing how to establish the cooperative network and how to manage and operate it
from the aspects of technical, social and economic, prepare and collect of papers, rent
the workshop place, etc. Approaches of workshop preparation include emails, phone
calls or in person, etc.
(2) Output
Brochures, posters, media releases will be developed to brief the general about the
key components of the workshop.
2.3 11 September 2015—12 September 2015
(1) Action
Conduct an international and comprehensive workshop on Asia Pacific Sustainable
Energy Development and the special event celebrating the first anniversary of the
establishment of APSEC to share the basic concept and framework of the APEC
cooperative network of sustainable cities and deliberate the project construction
strategy and implementation paths. The target audience will include representatives of
APEC economies and other selected economies, as well as the public within APEC
economies, etc.
(2) Output
Workshop proceedings/Reports/Newspaper & TV/Websites.
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2.4 13 September 2015—31 December 2015
(1) Action
The project team, in consultation with the relevant experts, designers, policy makers
and entrepreneurs, will finalize a report on the workshop and its outcomes.
(2) Output
Final full project report
3. Representative Achievement
3.1 APEC Workshop—APEC Cooperative Network of
Sustainable Cities
This Asia Pacific Sustainable Energy Development Forum—APEC Cooperative
Network of Sustainable Cities is the main part of this APEC project’s application and a
representative achievement.
3.1.1 Organization of the Workshop
Host: APEC Sustainable Energy Center
Organized by: Tianjin University
Guided by: National Energy Administration of China
Supported by: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China
3.1.2 Time and Venue
Time:September 11th and 12th, 2015
Venue: Tianjin University, China
3.1.3 Main Participants
APEC Program Director, Lead Shepherd from EWG;
Representatives from APEC economies and related Expert Groups and Task
Force;
Leaders from National government departments and Tianjin local government
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departments;
Experts and scholars in the field of Energy, State Grid, Low Carbon, Technology
and Industry from APEC and non APEC regions;
Well-known entrepreneurs and organizations in the field of Energy, State Grid,
Low Carbon, Technology and Industry from APEC and non APEC regions.
3.2 Schedule
Topics: Establishment on Cooperative Network of Sustainable Cities in APEC
Economies
Agenda: September 11th (Friday)
Place: Library of Science (Yifu Building), Tianjin University, China
Time: 08:30-10:30
Chairperson: Mr. Yingjin Yuan Deputy President of Tianjin University
08:30-10:00 Register at the lobby of Yifu Building, Tianjin University
10:00-10:30 Celebration Ceremony for the 1st Anniversary of APSEC
Remarks form NEA, APEC EWG, APEC Secretariat and Tianjin
University
Time: 10:30-12:30
Chairperson: Karen Alozie, EWG Secretariat/ Program Analyst
10:30-11:10 Professor Li Zhu, APSEC President, give a brief introduction on APSEC
and its projects
11:15-12:30 Seminar on APSEC’s Mechanism building, planning and development
Time: 13:30-16:30
Chairperson: Ms. Li Zhu, APSEC President
13:30-14:00 Ms. Jiajia Wang, APSEC Program Director
Introduction on CNSC
14:00-14:30 Mr. Shinji Ishii, APEC LCMT Chair
Presentation on LCMT’s activities
14:30-15:00 Dr. Jyuung-Shiauu Chern, Chinese Taipei’s representative to EWG
Presentation on ESCI
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List of International Delegates
No Economies/Organizations Name Title/Position
1 APEC Secretariat Penelope
Howarth Director (Program)
2 Office of International Affairs,
U.S. Department of Energy
Phyllis
Yoshida
EWG Lead Shepherd &
Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Asia and the Americas
3 Karen Alozie EWG Secretariat / Program
Analyst
4 APERC Goichi Komori Senior Researcher
5
APSEC
Li Zhu President
6 Xu Zhao Assistant to the President /
Assistant Researcher
7 Fang Wei Admin Manager
8 Yanhong
Wang International Liaison
9 Jiajia Wang Project Manager
10 Yong Sun Assistant Researcher
11 Chen Li Project Assistant
12 Weilin Wang Project Secretary
13 Si Wu Project Secretary
14 EGNRET Keng-Tung Wu Secretary
15
AMSD
Zhenghua Liu Deputy-Director
16 Bo Wei Associate Researcher
17 Wei Yang Assistant Researcher
18 US
Office of Asian
Affairs (IA-31)
U.S. Department
of Energy
Elena
Thomas-Kerr Senior Advisor
19
Chinese
Taipei
Bureau of Energy,
Ministry of
Economic Affairs
Jyuung-shiauu
Chern
Section Chief, Planning
Division
20 Cheng-hsuan
Chuang Officer, Planning Division
21
Research Division
V, Taiwan Institute
of Economic
Research
Cheng-li Hung Assistant Research Fellow
22
International Affairs Division,
Agency for Natural Resources
and Energy, Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry
(METI), Japan
Shinji Ishii
Director for Natural Resources
and Energy Research & APEC
LCMT-TF Chair
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23
Electrical and Mechanical
Services Department, Hong
Kong
Harry Lai Assistant Director
24 New Zealand Embassy,
Beijing Al Ross
Science & Innovation
Counsellor
25
Singapore
DNV GL -
Energy Jinlong Ma Principal Consultant
26 Energy Studies
Institute, NUS Xunpeng Shi
Deputy Head of Energy
Economics
27
Mineral Fuels management
Bureau, Department of
Mineral fuels, Ministry of
Energy, Thailand
Wuttipong
Kongphetsak
Geologist (Senior Professional
Level)
28
Australia
Australian
Embassy Beijing Ben Jarvis
Counsellor, Resources and
Energy
29 Energy Change
Institute, ANU Igor Skryabin
Business Development
Manager
30
Malaysia
Policy Planning
and International
Relations
Division,Ministry
of Energy,
Green
Technology and
Water
Azuwan
Azahar Assistant Secretary
31 Aswita Sazmin
Ismail Assistant Secretary
32
Spain
IMDEA Water Marta Vivar
García Researcher
33 University of
Jaén
Manuel
Fuentes
Conde
Associate professor
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List of Chinese Delegates
No Organization Name Title/Position
1 Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA) Ningyu
Zhou
Division Chief, The
Department of International
Economic Affairs
2
National Energy Administration
(NEA)
Yuqing
Zhang Deputy Administrator
3 Yiqiao Zou
Director-General, The
Department of International
Cooperation
4 Li Huang
Deputy Director-General,
The Department of Energy
Saving and Technical
Equipment
5 Huimin
Pan
China's Rep to EWG &
Division Chief, The
Department of International
Cooperation
6 Shuang
Zhang
China's Rep to EWG &
Officer, The Department of
International Cooperation
7 Jianwu Hu Secretary for Deputy
Administration of NEA
8 Tianjin Development and Reform
Commission
Gao
Huaiying Chief of Energy Division
9 Tianjin Municipal Science and
Technology Commission Liu Jianjun
Chief of International
Science and Technology
10 Tianjin Urban and Rural
Construction Commission
Liu
Xiangdong Senior Engineer
11
Council of Xuwei New District,
Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province
Administrative Committee
Wang
Dongliang Deputy Director
12
Energy Conservation and
Environmental Protection
Promotion Center, Xuyu New
Zhao Jin Executive Deputy Director
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District, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu
Province
13
Yanling County, Henan Province
Ma Hao Deputy County Mayor
14 Ge
Guomin
Director of County
Development and Reform
Commission
15 Economic and Technological
Development Zone of Fuyan
District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang
Province
Li Youhua Deputy Director of Economic
Development Bureau
16 Qian
Jianping
Senior Officer of Economic
Development Bureau
17
Council of Jihongtan, Chengyan
District ,Qingdao City ,Shandong
Province
Luan
Linxian Deputy Director
18
The 3rd Investment Promotion
Bureau, Lixin County, Anhui
Province
Yan Qi Director
19 Council of Dongxiang County,
Jiangxi Province
Wang
Shengbo
Economic Development
Consultant
20 Nankai APEC Research Center Liu
Chenyang
Director & Professor of
Nankai University
21
Energy Research Institute of State
Grid
Jiang
Liping Deputy Director
22 Zheng
Haifeng
Deputy Director of Research
and Development
Department
23 New Energy Technology Research
Institute of State Power
Chang
Cheng Manager Assistant
24 Zhejiang Province Research
Institute of Energy and Nuclear
Technology
Huang
Dongfeng
Director of Energy
Economics Department
25 Yao Yebin Engineer
26 Shunfeng International Clean
Energy Limited
Lei Ting CEO
27 Zhang
Song Assistant to CEO
28 China Energy Conservation and
Environmental Protection Group
(CECEP) Consulting Co., Ltd
Huo
Zhonghe General Manager
29 Guo
Zhiqiang Director
30 Wang Project Manager
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Yanli
31 Li Yanyan Project Manager
32
CECEP Green Carbon (Beijing)
Investment and Development Co.,
Ltd
Xu Taiping Director of Project Division
33
SinoCarbon Innovation &
Investment Co., Ltd
Tang
Renhu Chairman
34 Wang
Wenqiang Business Manager
35 Liu Ying Senior Consultant
36 Pan-China Group Chu Liqian
General Manager of
Construction Consultancy
and Project Management
37 Pan-China Low Carbon Design
Institute
Zou
Jiayuan Director
38 Li Dan Consultancy Director
39 Tianjin Innovative Finance Low
Carbon Institute
Wang
Zhong Director
40 Yu Meixia Senior Researcher
41 Qin Lixin Marketing Manager
42
Tianjin Architecture Design Institute
Li Xudong Senior Engineer/Technical
Supervisor
43 Yin
Baoquan Engineer
44 Henan Yitong Investment Company
Limited
Liang
Ruixiang Chairman
45 Zhang
Hong CEO
46 Zhenjiang Transportation Industry
Group
Miao Difei Director of Project
Management Center
47 Liu
Xintong Planner
48 Guizhou Moutai Winery Circular
Economy Industry Investment and
Development Co., Ltd.
Liu Yan Deputy General Manager
49 Ye Yuanji Deputy Director of General
Department
50
Hanergy Holding Group Ltd (Tianjin
Division)
Guo
Zhilong CEO
51 Zhang
Xiangda Marketing Director
52 Wu Deputy General Manager
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Jindong
53
Council of Modern Agriculture and
Animal Husbandry Industrial Park,
Donghe District, Baotou, Inner
Mongolia
Pan Feng Director
54 Inner Mongolia Runtai New Energy
Technology Co., Ltd
Hu Zefeng Chairman
55 Wu Qiang Chief Engineer
56 International Forum for Clean
Energy (Macao)
Huang Jun Deputy Secretary General
57 Zhang
Zixin Project Manager
58 New Energy Chamber of
Commerce, All-China Federation of
Industry & Commerce
Liu Na Deputy Secretary General
59 Li Hao International Business
Specialist
60 China Energy Storage Alliance
(CNESA) Li Zhen Director
61 Tianjin Renewable Energy Society Zhao Jun Secretary General
62
Tianjin University
Li Jiajun President
63 Yuan
Yingjin Deputy President
64 Cui
Zhenping
Deputy Director of University
Office
65 Yang
Fuling
Division Chief for
International Cooperation
Office
66 Zhang
Junyan
Chief of Humanities and
Social Science Research
Division
67 Zhang Qi Dean of School of
Architecture
68 Ma Xinbin Dean of School of Chemical
Engineering and Technology
69
Wang
Chengsha
n
Dean of School of Electrical
Engineering and Automation
70 Zhao
Meirong
Dean of Graduate Research
School
71 Chen
Guanyi
Dean of School of
Environmental Science and
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Engineering
72 Kong
Yuhang
Deputy Dean of School of
Architecture
3.3 Websites or Online Materials
URL: http://www.apsec.org.cn/apsecen/
Some pictures of the website are as follows:
Picture 1. Homepage
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Picture 2. Group Photo
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4. Project Benefits
The beneficiaries in the project include five parts:
◆ Policy Makers and Government Officials
They will benefit by referring to project reports and studying the systematic
information about cooperative network of sustainable cities that could be applied to
the unique conditions of each economy. Renewable energy, new and clean energy
policymakers will benefit from systematic information and recommendations of
cooperative network of sustainable cities technologies. Governments and the energy
sector in developing APEC economies will benefit from capacity-building through
improved knowledge and access to this information. Governments will be better
equipped to make informed judgments on policymaking regarding renewable energies.
They will also obtain support in developing, implementing and promoting renewable
energy technology transfer and trade programs through the outputs of this project.
◆ Research Institutes and academies
They will receive more systematic information on the cooperative network of
sustainable cities through project outputs sharing and engaging in relevant studies.
◆ Enterprises, Investors, Business Communities
They will achieve guidance or practices from this project outputs in utilizing renewable
energy rationally, which will eventually improve their renewable energy efficiency,
enhance their competitiveness, and ensure their sustainable development. Meanwhile,
it can promote the practical projects cooperation among APEC cities
◆ APEC Citizens
This project provides a practice platform to promote sustainable energy industries, to
explore the new engine of urban economic growth and to discuss the comprehensive
solutions for cities sustainable development, which is contribute to the employment
promotion for the APEC citizens. Moreover, a knowledge sharing network is
constructed to promote the knowledge sharing among the economies in the APEC
system. The network promotes the ability of practitioners, popularizes the basic
knowledge of sustainable energy, and shortens the knowledge gap in APEC region.
◆ Non-APEC stakeholders including government and private sector.
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Since the APEC region is now the leading region of the world energy demand and
supply and its technologies, strategies, standards and policies on the development of
renewable energies and the rational use methodologies, guidance and practices to
sustainable APEC economy growth modes is crucially important for them for planning
and implementing their renewable energy policies and business strategies.
5. Overall Impact
APEC and Non-APEC economies participated in this project. They exchanged
experience, valuable information and discussed the rational ways to build the APEC
Cooperative Network of Sustainable Cities by policy dialogue and city matching to
realize the establishment of interactive, cooperative and complimentary sustainable
network to drive the cities’ development.
All the efforts in the project are to provide the rational utilization strategies of
renewable energies serving sustainable APEC economies. In addition, the project
results are expected to complete the sustainable energy policy and technical capacity
building, to provide comprehensive solutions on sustainable cities development, to
promote the practical projects cooperation among APEC cities and to realize the
effective replication and output on sustainable cities development.
The results will provide guidance to stakeholders and beneficiaries involved in related
activities in their own economies or organizations. Furthermore, the private sectors
participated in this project will gain more knowledge and recommendations from
experts on the design and implementation of the rational utilization of renewable
energies, and they will be encouraged to improve their renewable energy efficiency
and explore the new engine of urban economic growth to guarantee their sustainable
development.
6. Conclusion and Information on Next Steps
The next steps following completion of this project is research and investigation on
candidate cities. For the Chinese low carbon town projects, we will do in-depth field
investigation on standout city projects and discussions on future work, for the
enterprises, we will continue to visit outstanding enterprises in the field of sustainable
energy.
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In order to lay solid start and foundation, our project team hope the economies to
recommend the candidate sustainable cities, and build the enterprise networks,
experts database and the city library in the field of sustainable energy. We seek for
cooperation among APEC economies, taking China's outstanding planning city as the
starting point; we build the international experts and business team to select the
sustainable cities. At the same time to build a bridge between city and enterprise
cooperation.
The project team will keep close contact and cooperation with APEC and other
economies all the time to facilitate the promotion of potential renewable energy
programs in APEC economies. At an appropriate stage, EWG, EGNRET and APERC
are expected to become involved in the work, developing scenarios for the
sustainable low carbon economy based on developed recommendations on
promoting technology transfer, information exchange, economic growth and
employment of renewable energies in APEC economies. Ultimately, connect the
technology, enterprises and cities with sustainable development paths; let the
sustainable energy technology lead the cities’ sustainable development.
In addition, we plan to organize a sustainable cities mayor’s alliance preparatory
forum at EWG 51th in Australia in 2016. Officials from the APEC economies,
represents from international organizations and financial institutions, city represents
from the APEC regions and delegates from the international industries, academies
and research institutes will be invited to jointly discuss the effective patterns and
comprehensive solutions on cities sustainable development in APEC region, to
establish the APEC Sustainable Cities Mayors Alliance and jointly issue the APEC
Cities Sustainable Development Declaration. During the forum, we will carry out
training courses on sustainable development and investigate the outstanding
programs or enterprises related to the low carbon architecture, traffic, energy, urban
planning, resources reuse etc.
The target of this forum and series activities is to disseminate APSEC and APEC
Cooperative Network of Sustainable Cities. On one hand, we are willing to establish a
knowledge platform by training courses to promote knowledge sharing among the
APEC economies. The network promotes the capacity of practitioners, popularizes
basic knowledge of sustainable energy and shortens the knowledge gap in APEC
region. On the other hand, we are eager to establish a practice platform by cities
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mayors’ alliance to exchange experiences on building livable, sustainable, smart and
healthy cities, promoting cooperation and sharing experiences on urbanization and
sustainable city development.