The partnership is aimed at tackling challenges together through cooperative efforts between stakeholders at all appropriate levels, including national, regional and local levels; Support China on its path towards a sustainable urbanisation and harmonious society according to the 12th Five-Year Plan; Facilitate the exposure and access of Chinese decision-makers to the European expertise and technologies.

The partnership is aimed to highlight and optimize the following issues:

• Strategies and policies relevant to the development of urbanisation;
• Spatial distribution of urbanisation;
• Sustainable development of urban industrial economy;
• Urban public services system;
• Urban infrastructure investment and financing mechanisms;
• Urban housing supply system and patterns;
• Urban energy supply and demand management;
• Urban mobility, public transport and smart transport;
• Urban green buildings;
• Urban ecological protection, environmental protection and treatment;
• Protection of urban historical and cultural features and formation of urban landscape;
• Urban governance;
• Urban-rural integrated development;
• Exchanges and discussions as well as personnel training on urbanisation development.