A declaration aimed at enhancing urban governance, titled the “Beijing Declaration on Modernising Urban Governance (2024)”, was released at the 2024 Beijing Forum on Swift Response to Public Complaints on Thursday. Beijing municipal leaders, along with counterparts from Madrid, Spain, San Jose, and Costa Rica, unveiled the declaration at the closing ceremony of the forum, which attracted over 500 participants including international delegates, at the China National Convention Centre - Pix credit: Xinhua News Agency