Guiyang debuts at ICLEI's Malmo Summit

Guiyang attends the Malmo Summit online for the first time since it became a member of ICLEI in 2016. [Photo/Guiyang news network]

Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, attended the Malmo Summit of the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) online on May 11.

The summit was held in the city of Malmo in Sweden and invited 625 guests from 50 countries to attend in person and 200 guests to attend online. This was the first time that Guiyang had attended ICLEI's global summit since it became a member in 2016.

ICLEI is a large international organization formed by local governments from more than 1,700 cities. It aims to promote the sustainable development of cities and invites local government departments, cooperative partners, international organizations, research institutions, private companies and other related parties to attend a world congress every three years.

At this year's Malmo Summit, the Malmo Commitment was released to stress the role of local governments in coping with global challenges. The summit also provided international promotion opportunities for local governments to showcase their efforts and achievements in supporting global sustainable development.

At the summit, Guiyang shared its green development, environmental protection, and sustainable construction efforts.

Guiyang representatives said the city hopes to learn from other attendees and expand cooperation with other member cities and internationally-famous green cities in low-carbon urban development planning, green travel, ecological cooperation, and eco-tourism development.

In recent years, Guiyang has been promoting green and low-carbon development, making implementation plans to realize carbon neutrality and peak carbon emissions, and encouraging green lifestyles and consumption habits.

Guests at the summit praised Guiyang for its ecological efforts, efforts to realize carbon neutrality and peak carbon emissions, and efforts to eliminate waste.

In the future, Guiyang will further explore sustainable urban development approaches and grow to be a more attractive place to visit, live and work.