![]() It is the story about Aarhus-born Bernhard Arp Sindberg's heroic effort back in 1937 that is the background for the close ties between Aarhus and Nanjing. This agreement will help make Denmark and Aarhus even more visible,” says Bünyamin Simsek. And although we are a small country, we have many core strengths that are in demand abroad. As an example, our climate plan has become a plan for concrete conversion and development of new solutions within the field of climate together with cleantech companies in Aarhus. “In the City of Aarhus, we have turned green conversion into a business development project anchored in the technical area. The Councillor for Technology and Environment in the City of Aarhus, Bünyamin Simsek also welcomes the collaboration agreement. Both cities now wish to develop this relationship.” In the case of Aarhus and Nanjing, history has given Aarhus a special status and forged a close link between the two cities. Close relations are crucial when you do business in China. “Considering the opportunities in China, it is an obvious choice for the City of Aarhus to expand our efforts to create connections for the benefit of the business community. However, the agreement also indicates possibilities of collaboration within the field of education.Īccording to Mayor Jacob Bundsgaard, the agreement is a natural extension of the City of Aarhus' strategic staking on China: Under the new scheme, the most desirable potential new residents can get a 3m yuan housing subsidy to help them relocate, while all fresh university graduates who travel to Nanjing for job interviews can claim 1,000 yuan to cover costs.The new agreement focuses on cleantech, as Nanjing requires inspiration and advice on how to organise an environment and energy efficient city. Last year, the city government expanded its talent programme, making it more lucrative and open to a wider range of people. Nanjing has a target of attracting 200,000 college graduates a year, on top of a five-year plan to bring in 40 top-level startup teams from abroad and 30 foreign experts. Shanghai already boasts more than 400 foreign-funded R&D centres, including BMW, Dupont and Pfizer, while the presence of home-grown tech giants, such as Alibaba in Hangzhou and a Huawei research centre in Nanjing, helps make the region more attractive to the young “talent” they desperately need. Home to some of China’s best universities – including those in Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing – the YRD is one of the country’s leading high-tech research and development hubs. A 350km/hour bullet train has cut the travel time of the journey to Shanghai from five hours to a shade over one hour, while a deep-water channel is being built along the Yangtze to allow 50,000-tonne ships access to Nanjing from the East China Sea. The new infrastructure is further boosting productivity. The bullet train has cut the travel time of the 300km journey to Shanghai from five hours to a little over one hour. The YRD is home to 80 million people (around 11% of China’s population) and contributes nearly 20% of the country’s total economic output, with an annual GDP of $1.5tn, roughly equivalent to that of Russia. The YRD was set up in 2015 at the same time as the Pearl River Delta megaregion, which includes Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, and the Jing-Jin-Ji megaregion around Beijing. In Nanjing’s favour is its desirable location in the Yangtze River Delta megaregion (YRD), an economic zone of cities including Shanghai and Hangzhou that the central government wants to strategically cluster by improving infrastructure and business connections. It is not alone: last year, more than 20 Chinese cities – including fellow second-tier cities such as Chengdu, Tianjin and Xi’an – rolled out “talent programmes” offering a wide range of incentives to university-educated people under 40 who were willing to relocate. ![]() Hence Nanjing’s desire to boost its population of educated under-40s such as Tan. The burden of social support and caregiving will face “steep growth” until 2050, he warned. “Nanjing has for the first time entered the phase of an ‘aged-society’, and the city’s burden of looking after both the young and the old is getting greater,” Zhao Jun, deputy director of the local statistics bureau, said last year. ![]() Photograph: Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty
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