Authorities from southern China’s tech hub Shenzhen have signed a twin city agreement with Abu Dhabi City, officials announced yesterday. The deal took place during the inaugural Abu Dhabi x Shenzhen Innovation Forum, held in Shenzhen last month.
Abu Dhabi City is one of three regions of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. It is the capital of the emirate and also the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The agreement between Shenzhen and Abu Dhabi commits both cities to collaboration on projects spanning infrastructure, green mobility, and sustainable and urban development, a statement read.
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Several new partnerships also emerged from the January forum. The Shenzhen Urban Transport Planning Centre Company signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi’s Department of Municipalities and Transport to establish a joint laboratory with the aim of enhancing the emirate’s transport sector, for example.
Tech giant Huawei, investment firm Templewater Hong Kong, and the Kowloon Motor Bus Company, which runs Hong Kong’s biggest bus fleet, penned their own agreements with DMT, too.
At the signing of the twin city agreement, Shenzhen’s mayor, Qin Weizhong, said the pact “not only cements longstanding ties between China and the UAE but also paves the way to working on the type of innovation and advanced technology that will define global cities of the future.”
