Beijing and Copenhagen recently hosted an academic seminar themed "Talk: Healthy City – Biking and Walking" and a cycling activity named "Active, Healthy, Joyful" Bike Tour in Beijing as an important part of the 10th anniversary commemoration of their sister-city relationship, which intensified exchanges and cooperation in green transportation between the two cities.

The seminar was held at the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall on the afternoon of November 9, 2022. Seven Chinese and Danish experts from fields including transportation planning and urban planning delivered keynote speeches, and a number of experts and scholars from relevant government agencies, research institutes and international organizations participated in roundtable discussions. Both sides shared ideas and weighed in on building bicycle-friendly cities, bicycle infrastructure planning, exemplary cases of bicycle infrastructure improvement in key areas, and public involvement.

More than 20 Chinese and Danish cyclists from all walks of life engaged in the 7.3 km long bike tour on the afternoon of November 10, 2022.

During the ride, planners from the Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning & Design introduced plans for the core zone, the Central Axis and the Hutong protection, and showed what was done to improve bicycle infrastructure, such as direct left-turn design at intersections, parking spaces between a bicycle lane and regular motor-vehicle lanes, and boulevards for cycling. The route passed tourist attractions including the Temple of Heaven, Qianmen Street, Dashilan Subdistrict, and Zhengyangmen Arrow Tower, allowing cyclists to savor the city's time-honored history and culture while learning about its bicycle infrastructure planning.

As a world-class bicycle-friendly city for years, Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, boasts a deep-rooted cycling culture, with over 60% of people commuting to work/school by bike as early as 2016. Meanwhile, Beijing has been improving its cycling environment for more than a decade, leading to a one-decade growth in the popularity of green mobility. The Master Plan of Development for Beijing (2016-2035) has set forth the goal of "building a pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly city", aiming to create a green transportation environment where people can live a car-free yet convenient life by ensuring pedestrians and cyclists have the right of way and delivering road space and transportation design that are user-friendly and detail-oriented.