Issue 6, June 2009

This Chinese & English bilingual newsletter is jointly produced by WBI and EASIN, with strong support from the China Country Management Unit.

It aims to disseminate lessons learned from World Bank projects and learning programs in the urban sector in China and other countries and to highlight worldwide best practices in urban development of particular relevance to Chinese urban professionals and government officials at state, provincial and municipal levels.
  

   
In March 2006, EASIN in collaboration with WBI and METROPOLIS, began a policy dialogue program on the subject of Metropolitan Management in China, with support of the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).

The objective of the initial activities was to take stock of key metropolitan management challenges in China, and identify opportunities for enhancing the related current practices.
   

  
A review of China’s certification system of urban planners and existing capacity building programs was conducted jointly by WBI and its partner, Urban Planning Society of China.

By surveying planning institutions and individual planners across the country, the report has drawn a few major findings on the current supply of continuing education and identified recommendations for actions.

An earlier version of this report was released at the Special Forum on Urban Planning Professional Development of the 2007 China Annual Conference of Urban Planning.
   

Issue 3, 2009

The Urban Planning International (UPI) is China's exclusive academic journal focusing on urban planning theory and practice overseas.

As a joint effort between the World Bank and UPI, Issue 3, 2009 was dedicated to the theme of Building a New Urban Strategy: Lessons Learnt from World Bank Projects, featuring six case studies from Bank staff in partnership with partners in national and local institutions. It aims to share knowledge and experience of World Bank's advisory and lending initiatives in the urban field with the community of urban practitioners in China.

Download the paper here: English (zip, 1.73Mb) / 中文 (PDF, 4.36Mb)