URA Project Lead Prof. Anke Hagemann is giving a talk titled "Urban Rural Assembly: Developing Sustainable Territorial Planning Approaches for China and Germany" at the 3rd Sino-German Sustainable Development Forum, co-organised by Zhejiang University and Marie Curie Alumni Association China and Germany Chapters. The Forum seeks to build an open and sustainable network with SDGs as a clear thematic focus that cuts across multiple dimensions of higher education and brings together Chinese and German Universities as well as related stakeholders.

In an effort to enhance ecosystem management for climate change adaptation and urban resilience, ICLEI and its partners have organised the Urban Biodiversity International Forum in Kunming City, China. URA's Principal Investigator, Prof. Wolfgang Wende, delivered a presentation titled 'Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Compensation: Research Findings in Huangyan-Taizhou, German Experiences, and Related Cases.'

The forum aims to create a platform for the participants to exchange ideas, experience, and solutions on urban-rural connectivity on the theme of “Enhancing Urban-Rural Connectivity to Build Better Livelihoods”.

From August 31 to September 2, the URA Team met in Huangyan, Taizhou to hold the Urban-Rural Assembly Symposium and Raumbild Planning Workshop. The three-day event aimed to emphasize the significance of urban-rural relations in regional development, drawing insights from the interdisciplinary URA research findings.

The International Building Exhibition (IBA) Thuringia and the Sino-German research project Urban Rural Assembly (URA) have jointly hosted the international conference „StadtLand – from Thuringia to a planetary perspective“.