CHONGQING, China, Oct. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from iChongqing:
Anacláudia Rossbach, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN-Habitat, praised Chongqing's progress in building a sustainable urban future at the opening of the 2025 World Cities Day China Observance on October 28 in Chongqing, calling its use of digital technology to improve housing, governance, infrastructure, and public services inspiring.
Rossbach said that Chongqing's experience offers valuable lessons for megacities worldwide in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda, which promote inclusive, resilient, and sustainable urban development through smart planning, better infrastructure, and people-centered services.
With the theme "People-Centered Smart Cities Towards the Future," the two-day event marks the first time the observance is held in China's central and western regions.
In an interview with Bridging News, Kazuko Ishigaki, Regional Director of the UN-Habitat ROAP, stressed that technology is only a tool and that a smart city "cannot be smart without people."
"Technology should serve citizens," she said, adding that the development of Chongqing and the theme of this conference align closely with the UN-Habitat's vision for people-centered smart cities.
Vuyo Mhlakaza-Manamela, Deputy Speaker of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature of South Africa, said her country's focus on sustainable urbanization aligns with China's commitment to green development and smart city innovation.
Mhlakaza-Manamela noted that over 68% of the world's population now lives in cities, a share that continues to grow. She added that lessons from Chinese cities, especially Chongqing's infrastructure investment and smart technology integration, are invaluable.
At the opening ceremony, Chongqing released the Chongqing Voluntary Local Reviews and the Chongqing Initiative of the 2025 World Cities Day China Observance. The 2025 Annual Report of the Shanghai Manual: A Guide for Sustainable Urban Development in the 21st Century was also be promoted, further highlighting China's contributions to advancing global urban sustainability.
Throughout the observance, a series of activities took place, including the main forum, parallel and thematic forums, achievement exhibition, and field visits.
World Cities Day, the UN's first international day for cities and the first initiated by China, originated from the 2010 Shanghai World Expo and is celebrated annually on October 31 to promote global urban dialogue.
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"Technology Should Serve Citizens" as World Cities Day in Chongqing Spotlights Global Urban Future
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --
This Mother's Day, Momcozy isn't asking the usual question.
Not what should we get mum?
But something that tends to sit quietly underneath everything else: when was the last time she chose something for herself, and didn't feel the need to explain it?
Because most mothers don't move through the day with themselves at the centre of it. There's a rhythm that takes over early on, one where needs are anticipated before they're spoken, where time is measured in what's left to do, and where putting yourself aside stops feeling like a decision and starts feeling like the way things are.
"Choose You Too" doesn't try to interrupt that reality with grand ideas. It stays with it. With the in-between moments that rarely get noticed; the shortened pauses, the mental lists that keep running, the quiet habit of moving on before you've had a second to sit still.
There's no neat turning point here. Most mothers will tell you it doesn't happen that way. You don't suddenly arrive at balance. You adjust, you absorb, you keep going. And even now, when we speak more openly about support, the texture of daily life hasn't shifted as much as we might like to think.
What has started to change is something more understated.
It shows up in small recalibrations. Choosing what is sustainable over what is expected. Letting something be simpler. Allowing a bit of ease into routines that used to rely on endurance. Not because everything else disappears, but because it doesn't have to come at your own expense every single time.
As Ellen Zhou, Momcozy's APAC Marketing Director, puts it, "For a lot of mothers, the hardest part isn't doing more. It's realising they're allowed to need something too. Not after everything is done, not when there's finally time, but in the middle of it all - without guilt, without negotiation."
On their own, these shifts are almost invisible. But over time, they change the weight of a day. Not dramatically, but enough to be felt.
This is where Momcozy hopes "Choose You Too" finds its place. Not as a statement to be declared, but as something quieter, more lasting. A reminder that support doesn't have to wait until everything else is finished. It can be part of the way things are done.
So rather than centring on a single gesture this Mother's Day, the conversation moves towards something more enduring: choices that fit into everyday life, and make it a little more liveable, a little more sustainable.
Because sometimes, that's what choosing yourself looks like.
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