In response to the requirement of the Department of Development Planning of National Development and Reform Commission, Asian Development Bank initiated the project of “Policy Research on the Strategic Choice in China’s Urbanization” in a bid to provide policy suggestions on the development of urbanization and promote the sound development of the urbanization in China.

On May 18, 2018, the 2018 EU-China Sustainable Urban Forum on Intelligent Technology Innovation (the 4th) themed "Sci-tech Innovation and Intelligent Manufacturing" was successfully held at the Meijiang Conference & Exhibition Center in Tianjin.