Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, November 2 (Reporters Zheng Juntian, Dong Xiuzhu, Tang Siqi) On October 31, five cities including Agadir in Morocco, Trivandrum in India, Doha in Qatar, Iztapalapa in Mexico, and Melbourne in Australia The city was awarded the Global Sustainable City

Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, November 2 (Reporters Zheng Juntian, Dong Xiuzhu, Tang Siqi) On October 31, Agadir, Morocco, Trivandrum, India, Doha, Qatar, Iztapalapa, Mexico, and Melbourne, Australia, five The city won the Global Sustainable City Award (Shanghai Award) at the 2024 World Cities Day global home event in Alexandria, Egypt.

The Shanghai Award aims to recognize outstanding cities around the world that have made outstanding progress in sustainable development. The winning cities all stand out for their excellent "people-oriented" practices, providing an important reference for the sustainable development of global cities. Among them, green and low carbon, smart cities and efficient governance have become the three key words for the five cities that won the Shanghai Award.

On October 31, in Alexandria, Egypt, city representatives who won the second Global Sustainable City Award (Shanghai Award) took a group photo. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Dongzhen

Keyword 1: Green and low carbon

Agadir, Morocco, has implemented a popular LED lighting project and plans to convert 100% of the city's lighting infrastructure to LED by 2026. In 2023, the city’s energy costs decreased by 8%.

Many buildings in Doham Sherab City Center Project (MDD) in Qatar use environmentally friendly materials such as insulated glass to minimize cooling needs. The buildings in the project have all obtained LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.

Melbourne, Australia, has formulated and implemented a number of strategies to promote sustainable urban development, including reducing emissions from municipal operations by 79% in the past decade, improving integrated water resources management to reduce emissions, and creating energy-saving urban communities.

Keyword 2: Smart City

Trivandrum, India, promotes the use of renewable energy, green transportation and smart infrastructure through smart city actions. The adaptive traffic control system established by the city can automatically adjust the timing of traffic lights based on real-time traffic density to optimize traffic flow; the intelligent traffic management system can provide law enforcement solutions for violations of traffic signals, failure to wear helmets, driving while talking on the phone, and Penalties will be imposed for wearing seat belts and other behaviors.

Agadir, Morocco, introduced digital twin technology through the "Virtual City" project, which significantly improved the efficiency of urban governance and citizen participation, and provided useful reference for other cities.

Keyword 3: Efficient governance

Mexico’s Iztapalapa has launched a comprehensive strategy to address challenges such as poverty, unemployment, and security, focusing on promoting gender equality and youth development, and improving community infrastructure.

Melbourne, Australia proposes a development vision of "everyone can fully develop and every voice is heard" and is committed to creating an inclusive, sustainable and resilient future.

reporters found during on-site interviews that the Shanghai Award has spread the important concept of People's City overseas and has been widely recognized by international people. Participants said that the "people-oriented" urbanization concept has contributed Chinese wisdom to the sustainable development of global cities, and the presentation of the Shanghai Award will help promote global cities to shape a sustainable future.