Paper Titles & Abstracts

The EU-China Urbanisation Partnership fits with the strategic development targets included in both the 'Europe 2020 Strategy' and China's '12th Five Year Plan'. To be successful, the Urbanisation Partnership must be based on a two-way exchange and involve multiple levels of stakeholders, including different layers of government, business sectors, academia and civil society, working across different policy areas, ranging from waste treatment, to transportation links, green architecture, efficient energy consumption and urban governance. This paper puts China's urbanisation process in a historical prospective and points to the country's massive current urban challenges and the way to deal with them as set out in the 12th Five Year Plan. It will illustrate how the EU and China can work together constructively in tackling the challenge of urbanisation by helping to make Chinese cities greener and more sustainable, and adding fresh dynamics to EU-China economic and trade relations.