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Events 5. February 2021

Active Mobility Alliance for Better Cities

China, with a total of 10.5 Gt of CO2 in 2018, is the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG)[1]. Transport accounts for about…

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Articles 14. January 2021

The Beijing Dialogue – Future Urban Transport & Mobility

Against the background of global climate change, cities around the world are under immense pressure to make their transport systems more sustainable and climate…

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Electro Mobility 12. January 2021

2020 EB-PAC National New Energy Bus Performance Evaluation Competition

The transport sector in China needs to start outlining intermediate efforts to play its role in reaching the recently set long-term target: carbon neutrality…

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Articles 28. October 2020

Kick-off Workshop – Study on the Promotion and Application of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in the Field of Urban Logistics Distribution

With a share of about 28 percent of global CO2-emissions, China is the world’s biggest emitter. With a total of 1.04 billion tons of…

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SUMP Circle
Urban Transport 18. December 2019

Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning – SUMP – is coming to China!

All over the world, many cities are facing increasing levels of traffic congestion, road safety issues, as well as carbon and air pollutant emissions.…

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Articles 10. December 2019

Developing the first Handbook Emission Factors for Road Transport (HBEFA) for China on the example of Shenzhen

The promotion of low-carbon and environmentally friendly transport is an important target of China’s development strategy for its transport sector. To reduce vehicle emissions…

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Transportation Policy 16. July 2019

Green and Intelligent Mobility for Future Transport – 3rd World Transport Convention in Beijing

The 3rd World Transport Convention (WTC 2019) took place from 13-16 June in Beijing under the theme “Green and Intelligent Mobility for Future Transport”.…

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Events 24. May 2019

Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning in Yinchuan, Ningxia

Systematic and integrated transport planning is key to achieving low-carbon transport systems in cities. Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning can help cities to overcome institutional…

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Green Logistics 24. May 2019

The Future of CO2 Emissions Accounting in China’s Transport and Logistics Sector

With the fast-paced development of the Chinese logistics sector and the booming Chinese freight industry, road   and highway freight volume have been growing 5.9%…

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Events 14. November 2018

Sustainability improvements as business strategy: Clean solutions for shared mobility and food delivery at the Beijing Cleantech Hackathon

How can firms like Mobike and Meituan reduce their environmental footprint while simultaneously advancing their business models? This was the central theme of the…

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Future Mobility 11. November 2018

Transport and Climate Change Week in Berlin: Digital Mobility, New Business Models and Innovative Planning

The second Transport and Climate Change (TCC) Week, which included the Climate Action in Mobility Conference (CAMC), highlighted the importance and need of a…

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Future Mobility 22. October 2018

Global Future Mobility Conference 2018

The 20 sessions of the Global Future Mobility Conference (GFM) 2018 covered topics of future mobility from New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) over Intelligent and…

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Events 19. October 2018

Hydrogen and New Energy Cooperation between Zhangjiakou and Brandenburg

Hydrogen is not only a means of storing energy, but also a valuable resource that can fuel transportation vehicles and can be used in…

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Electro Mobility 17. September 2018

Delegation from the German State of Hesse in Beijing and Shenzhen – understanding the non-predictability of digitalization and mobility innovation

China’s rapid development in mobility and digitalization China is increasingly recognized as an innovation leader in mobility and digitalization. Companies in mobility services, like…

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Events 10. August 2018

9th COTA-World Bank China Transport Forum – Clean and Intelligent Urban Mobility

How can big data technologies and New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) contribute to a cleaner and more intelligent urban mobility in China and worldwide? This…

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Articles 20. July 2018

2018 China (Qinghai) International Forum on the Lithium Industry and Power Batteries Xining, China | 27.06.2018

The electric vehicle (EV) industry is one of the priority areas identified in the “Made in China 2025” strategy and the targets are ambitious:…

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Events 3. July 2018

Better Transport, Better World? – Sustainable Transport at the 2nd World Transport Convention

Can better transport create a better world? This question was at the heart of this year’s World Transport Convention. From 19-21 June 2018, Chinese…

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Electro Mobility 14. June 2018

Report from the 2nd International Forum on Zero Emissions of Urban Transport

In order to reduce emissions and to boost industrial upgrading in the transport sector, China Academy of Transport Science (CATS) and the Asian Development…

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Events 30. May 2018

Report from the 7th Sino-German Logistics Conference in Beijing, 2018

The 7th Sino-German logistic conference was held on 14th May, 2018 in Beijng. The theme of this year`s conference was “Technological Innovation and Green…

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Electro Mobility 15. May 2018

High-amped electric power, autonomous concepts a lot of big screens vs. classic designs – our experience at Auto China 2018

The 2018 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition (also known as Auto China 2018) took place in Beijing from April 25 to May 4 under the…

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Urban Transport 8. May 2018

Reviving the Kingdom of Bicycles

To jointly elaborate on how to make China’s cities cycling-ready, the GIZ “Mobility and Fuels Strategy as a Contribution to the Transport Transition in…

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Events 1. May 2018

Supporting the cities of Shenzhen and Foshan to quantify traffic emissions and introduce transit alliances – a short report

GIZ in China has been working with the Chinese cities of Shenzhen and Foshan since 2012 on low-carbon transportation. From April 9 to 10,…

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Green Logistics 22. December 2017

Green Logistics – Study Tour on Intermodal Transport in Germany

Intermodal freight transport (combined transport) is one pillar of the shift approach within climate action strategies to make freight transport and logistics greener and…

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Events 30. November 2017

Asia-Pacific Forum on Low Carbon Technology 2017 in Changsha, Hunan Province

Co-hosted by Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Hunan’s Provincial People’s Government, the second Asia-Pacific Forum on Low Carbon Technology 2017 – Transitioning towards Sustainable…

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Events 29. September 2017

What Can Germany Learn from other Countries? – Reverse Innovation: Rethinking Urban Transport through Global Learning

In Europe, close cooperation and exchange among cities and countries have a long tradition. Especially in the framework of joint European Union (EU) activities,…

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Events 31. August 2017

Parking management training in Tianjin and Qingdao

With the rapid growth of vehicle populations, Chinese cities are facing parking challenges. In the past, cities tended to solve parking problems simply by…

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Events 27. July 2017

LCLN event on “Mitigating transport emissions: European and Chinese perspectives”

On June 26th, 2017, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, together with the Royal Norwegian Embassy to China and the China Carbon…

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Events 27. July 2017

Kick-off Workshop – A Roadmap for China’s Low Carbon Transport Development and Scenario Evaluation

Facing rapid urbanisation and economic growth in the last decades, the transport sector has become the fastest growing consumer of fossil fuels and the fastest…

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Electro Mobility 27. July 2017

Annual EV100 Conference 2017

The 3rd Annual Conference of the China EV100 Forum was held from 14th – 15th January 2017 in Beijing. This year’s forum theme was…

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Electro Mobility 26. January 2017

GIZ supported “New Energy Transportation International Forum” in Shanghai

Supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission, the “New Energy Transportation International Forum”, co-hosted by…

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Events 13. December 2016

New Energy Transportation International Forum 2017

Supported by the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission and GIZ, the “2017 New Energy Transportation International Forum”, co-hosted by Shanghai Transportation Trade Association and Shine…

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Events 12. December 2016

IFEU Experts to visit Vehicle Emission Control Center in China

From 19th to 23rd September 2016 two experts from the Institute for Energy and Environment Research Heidelberg (IFEU) visited the Chinese Vehicle Emission Control…

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Electro Mobility 8. December 2016

MoT Delegation: Exchange on Transport and Climate Change Issues with German Counterparts

A delegation from the Chinese Ministry of Transport (MoT) and its affiliated institutes the Transportation Planning and Research Institute (TPRI), the Academy of Transportation…

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Electro Mobility 24. November 2016

Final Workshop of the Sino-German Project “Electro Mobility and Climate Protection in China”

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the China Automotive Technology & Research Center (CATARC) held the  workshop on “Electro-Mobility and Climate…

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Electro Mobility 13. July 2016

GIZ Delivered Speech at China EV100 Summit “Lithium Industry, Emerging Ecosystems” in Qinghai

As the largest electric vehicle market worldwide, China has been putting great effort and huge investment in the technological advancement of traction batteries. Lithium…

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Events 14. April 2016

Mobile Source Emission Modelling – Progress through Cooperation

The Chinese economy has continuously seen rapid growth over the past years, which has led to a unique increase in passenger and freight traffic…

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Events 23. March 2016

Urban Innovation and Leadership Lab

According to recent projections, the worldwide urban population will increase to more than 70% by 2050. Accompanied by continuous and uncontrolled urban growth, this…

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Electro Mobility 17. February 2016

China to Phase Out Electric Vehicle Subsidies by 2021: China EV100 Forum Discusses New Policy Environment for E-Mobility in China

In the last year China has witnessed an unprecedented growth in the electric vehicle market. In 2015 alone Chinese customers purchased three times more…

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Events 12. February 2016

Feasibility of Carsharing Concepts in China

From the emergence of Chinese carsharing services in 2009 until today, more than 330,000 people signed up for a carsharing membership in China –…

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Electro Mobility 30. October 2015

Sino-German Electric-Vehicle Innovation Cooperation Congress

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) jointly hosted the Sino-German…

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Events 5. August 2015

GIZ China at “10th China Urban Development and Planning Conference”

The “10th China Urban Development and Planning Conference” was held on 22nd and 23rd of July 2015 supported by Ministry of Housing and Urban…

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Events 24. April 2015

Transport Emission Reduction Strategies and Quantification Conference in Beijing

After the success of the Urban Transport Development Forum in early March, the exchange on low carbon transport between Chinese and international experts continued…

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Events 18. March 2015

Urban Transport Development Forum – Day 1 – Sustainable Urban Transport Policy

Learning from international experience in urban transport policy and discussing their relevance for Chinese cities was the main topic of the Urban Transport Development…

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Events 17. March 2015

Urban Transport Development Forum – Day 2 – Parking Management Policy and Practice

Day two of the Urban Transport Development Forum in Beijing was dedicated to the discussion around parking management policies and practices. The two day…

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Events 12. March 2015

GIZ Workshop on “The Integration of Carsharing in Parking Management in China”

Under participation of Chinese city representatives, researchers and carsharing providers, GIZ organized a workshop on “The Integration of Carsharing in Parking Management in China”…

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