The Third UNESCO Creative Cities Beijing Summit is held in Beijing from 
September 17-18, 2020. With the theme of "Creativity empowers cities, 
technology creates the future", the summit is co-hosted by the United Nations 
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Ministry of 
Education of the People's Republic of China, People's Government of Beijing 
Municipality, National Commission of the People's Republic of China for UNESCO.

"Beijing, as the City of Design of UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN), has 
set a good example of integrating the thousands of years of history and 
cutting-edge technology," the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, 
remarked in her opening speech. 

"The city serves as a special space for unity, cooperation, and innovation. The 
development of the city will determine the vision of our future society," added 
Audrey Azoulay.

During the summit, the e-publication of "UNESCO Creative Cities' Response to 
the COVID-19" was globally launched. It collates best practices from member 
cities of UCCN around the world, leveraging the power of culture and creativity 
in response to COVID-19. The publication is now available in Chinese, English, 
French, and the Spanish version to be launched soon. 

This summit includes a main forum and three panels. Entitled "Creativity and 
Innovation: A path to the cities of tomorrow," the main forum highlights on the 
digital economy and the importance of creativity and innovation as the driving 
force to build a more sustainable and resilient city in the future. 
Furthermore, the three panels emphasize three different topics on Creative 
Cities, Science, Technology and Creativity, as well as Inter-city 
Collaboration. 

For more information on the summit, please visit here:
http://www.shejiyun.net/

About UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN)

The UCCN was created in 2004 to promote cooperation with and among cities that 
have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban 
development. The 246 cities which currently make up this network work together 
towards a common objective: placing creativity and cultural industries at the 
heart of their development plans at the local level and cooperating actively at 
the international level.


SOURCE:Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission