Sino-German Urbanisation Partnership Joint Declaration of Intent Signed

On November 15 2015, the Joint Declaration of Intent on the Implementation of the Sino-German Urbanisation Partnership (Deutsch-Chinesische Urbanisierungspartnerschaft) between the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of the Federal Republic of Germany (BMU) and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China (MoHURD) was signed by Dr. Barbara Hendricks, Minister of BMU, and Chen Zhenggao, Minister of MoHURD. The Joint Declaration of Intent forms the basis of the project, which seeks to advance the Sino-German political dialogue on sustainable, integrated and climate-friendly urbanisation.