Representatives from the Global Business District (GBD) Innovation Club gathered by Suzhou Creek in Shanghai on Oct 24, to explore new opportunities for cooperation, innovation and opening-up.

The meeting is part of Shanghai Municipality's Our Water project, a five-year initiative with the aim to promote urban cultural exchanges and cooperation since 2023. In April the first event of the project took place in Paris, when representatives from Shanghai's Jing'an district invited members of the GBD Innovation Club to visit Shanghai.

On Thursday the delegation of GBD Innovation Club, including representatives from the Paris La Defense, the Chicago Loop from the United States and Casablanca Financial City from Morocco signed an agreement of strategic cooperation with Jing'an district.

Jing'an district of Shanghai hopes to build the Suhewan zone, sitting on the bank of Suzhou Creek, into a center for global business practice.