UTC and CSUS signed agreement to launch “Eco-city Assessment and Best Practices Program” in China
(July 11, 2009 )

Headline: Construction of eco-city warms up, MHURD studies assessment system
Publication: 21st Century Business Herald
Date: Jul 15, 2009
Journalist: Ye Yijian
Summary: Qiu Baoxing, Vice Minister of Housing and Urban Rural Development (MHURD), tells the reporter from the 21st Century Business Herald that China will inevitably develop eco-cities. MHURD is studying the index system of eco-city assessment. The construction of eco-cities has warmed up in China. July 11, United Technologies Corp. (UTC) and the Chinese Society for Urban Studies (CSUS) sign an agreement. Under the agreement, UTC will support CSUS to launch the "establishment of an eco-city index system and assessment system for eco-city demonstration" project.