On October 15, a Sino-French seminar hosted by Sino-French Future Cities Laboratory and Sino-French Engineer School of Beihang University was held to explore new technologies for future cities. The seminar was presided over by Frédéric Genty, French Director of Sino-French Engineer School.
Over 60 participants including Cédric Guillerme, Deputy Counsellor for Science and Technology at the French Embassy in Beijing, Jakob Puchinger, French Director of Sino-French Future Cities Laboratory, Hong Guanxin, Dean of Sino-French Engineer School, experts and scholars from French universities and research institutes, as well as representatives of several enterprises such as Electricite de France and Dassault, attended the seminar to discuss the relevant results of research on future cities.
The seminar began with welcome speeches of Zhao Gang, Vice President of Beihang University and Jean-Philippe Dugoin-Clément, Vice President of the Ile-de-France region. They introduced the background and overall plan of Sino-French Future Cities Laboratory, and hoped that scholars and enterprises of China and France would actively cooperate to make innovative achievements in transportation, energy, health and other aspects.
The Sino-French Future Cities Laboratory, as an innovative cooperation project in the Sino-French Collective Action Plan signed by Chen Jining, Mayor of Beijing and Valerie Pecresse, President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France on June 12, 2018, was Inaugurated in Paris in 2018 and located at the Sino-French Engineer School of Beihang University.
The laboratory will take advantage of opportunities brought by the cooperation between Beijing and the Ile-de-France region, establish a long-term mechanism for international inter-regional scientific research and cultural exchanges, share the experiences and achievements in new technologies for future cities, and jointly train outstanding young talents who can meet the challenges and risks of future cities.
Reported by Niu Wei
Reviewed by Hong Guanxin
Edited by Jia Aiping and Lyu Xingyun
Translated by Lyu Xingyun
