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BEIJING, Sept. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

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