{"id":89739,"date":"2026-11-03T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.saigonbiz.com\/vn\/?p=89739"},"modified":"2026-11-04T02:05:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T02:05:43","slug":"sdg-cities-global-conference-held-in-shanghai-to-mark-world-cities-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.saigonbiz.com\/vn\/sdg-cities-global-conference-held-in-shanghai-to-mark-world-cities-day\/","title":{"rendered":"SDG Cities Global Conference Held in Shanghai to Mark World Cities Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2026 SDG Cities Global Conference<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SHANGHAI, Nov.  04, 2026  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; On November 2, the plenary session of the 2026 SDG Cities Global Conference was held at The Grand Halls on Shanghai&#8217;s North Bund under the theme &#8220;Regenerating the City: Adequate Housing for All.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Co-hosted by the Shanghai Municipal People&#8217;s Government and UN-Habitat, the event brought together around 400 participants, including government representatives from China and abroad, mayors and city delegations, experts and scholars, and delegates of international organizations, of whom nearly 100 were international guests from more than 30 countries and regions. Anacl\u00e1udia Rossbach, under-secretary-general of the United Nations and executive director of UN-Habitat, attended and delivered an address.<\/p>\n<p>The conference announced the official launch of the Initiative to Deepen Cooperation on World Cities Day Public Goods. Under the initiative, China and UN-Habitat will improve regular cooperation mechanisms, broaden and diversify cooperation areas, and jointly advance platforms including the SDG Cities Global Conference, effectively promoting exchanges, mutual learning and practical cooperation in urban sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>The conference released the Chinese\u00a0edition of the <em>Shanghai Manual: A Guide for Sustainable Urban Development in the 21st Century<\/em> <em>&#8211; 2026 Annual Report<\/em> \u00a0and the\u00a02026 UMF-Shanghai Adapted Index Application Report, along with thematic application reports. Dimitri S. Kerkentzes, secretary-general of the Bureau International des Expositions, and Edlam Abera Yemeru, director of the Knowledge and Innovation Branch of UN-Habitat, shared the outcomes of the Shanghai Manual, the Shanghai Adapted Index Application Report\u00a0and related thematic application scenario reports via video.<\/p>\n<p>At the plenary session, Marcin Krupa, mayor of Katowice, Poland &#8211;\u00a0a winning city of the 4th Cycle of the\u00a0Global Award for Sustainable Development in Cities (Shanghai Award) &#8211;\u00a0delivered on-site remarks, while Stefany Maca Mill\u00e1n, undersecretary for Land Management and Housing Supply\u00a0in\u00a0Office of the Mayor of Santiago de Cali, Colombia, shared the city&#8217;s experience in sustainable urban development via video.<\/p>\n<p>Jointly established by UN-Habitat and the Shanghai Municipal People&#8217;s Government in 2022, the Shanghai Award attracted\u00a0applications from\u00a092 cities in\u00a034 countries in its fourth edition. Following international review, five cities were recognized: Addis Ababa of Ethiopia, Jingdezhen of China, Istanbul of T\u00fcrkiye, Santiago de Cali of Colombia and Katowice of Poland.<\/p>\n<p>During the keynote session, S\u00e9bastien Vauzelle, head of the secretariat of the UN Local 2030 Coalition, and Chang\u00a0Qing, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered keynote speeches. Ana Ferreira, director of the Strategy, Innovation and Sustainability Unit of the Municipality of Mafra, Portugal, shared practical results from Mafra&#8217;s participation in UN-Habitat&#8217;s SDG Cities Programme. In the &#8220;Sustainable Cities: Youth Voices&#8221;\u00a0segment, award-winning representatives of the WorldSkills Competition and the Shanghai Social Organizations Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition shared stories of young people&#8217;s participation in urban development.<\/p>\n<p>As 2026 marks the launch year of China&#8217;s 15th Five-Year Plan, Shanghai is positioning the SDG Cities Global Conference as a high-level international\u00a0conference\u00a0of global influence in urban sustainable development, contributing Shanghai&#8217;s practices\u00a0and experience to support more efficient, higher-quality urban development worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Held in Shanghai from November 2 to 3, this year&#8217;s conference adopts a &#8220;1+1&#8221;\u00a0framework comprising the plenary session and the\u00a0SDG Cities\u00a0International Symposium, alongside parallel events including the Shanghai International City and Architecture Expo.<\/p>\n<pre>CONTACT: Contact person: Ms. Liu, Tel: 86-10-63074558<\/pre>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src='https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/media\/YmRmZTdiZGMtOGU0NS00OGY1LWJmMmQtNWFlYjY2NTcxYTljLTUwMDE3MDE4OS0yMDI2LTExLTAzLWVu\/tiny\/2026-SDG-Cities-Global-Confere.png' referrerpolicy='no-referrer-when-downgrade' \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 SDG Cities Global Conference SHANGHAI, Nov. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; On November 2, the plenary session of the 2026 SDG Cities Global Conference was held at The Grand Halls on Shanghai&#8217;s North Bund under the theme &#8220;Regenerating the City: Adequate Housing for All.&#8221; Co-hosted by the Shanghai Municipal People&#8217;s Government and UN-Habitat, the [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-globe-newswire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.6 (Yoast SEO v21.6) - 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