Day to celebrate cities

At China's suggestion, a UN General Assembly committee adopted a resolution on human settlement on Friday, designating Oct 31 as World Cities Day.

World Cities Day will provide a good opportunity for countries around the world to cooperate on urbanization and jointly explore ways to achieve sustainable urban development, said a commentary in People's Daily on Wednesday.

The idea of the international day dates back to Oct 31, 2010 when a declaration issued on the closing day of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai proposed a day be designated as a special day to recall, renew and advance ideas and practices for sustainable urbanization displayed at the Shanghai Expo.