Who initiated World Cycling Day?

Today (1September 7), mobike, together with the United Nations Environment Programme, UN-Habitat, the World Resources Institute and the World Wide Fund for Nature, officially launched the "World Cycling Day" and launched online and offline activities of green cycling in more than 80 cities at home and abroad, which aroused strong concern and positive response from all walks of life.

This year coincides with the 200th anniversary of the birth of bicycles, and it is also the first year for smart bicycles represented by mobike to lead bicycles back to the city. In the past 500 days, cycling has become the third largest urban transportation mode after bus and subway, which has profoundly changed the urban ecology and human environment. At the end of August, mobike took the lead in launching the World Cycling Day, calling on and attracting people from all over the world to ride.

At today's launching ceremony, mobike signed a proposal with the United Nations Environment Programme, UN-Habitat, the World Wide Fund for Nature and the World Resources Institute to officially launch the World Cycling Day, which will be held on 17 every September. The concept of World Cycling Day is "Cycling changes the city", advocating green travel, improving the urban traffic environment and the quality of life of residents, and realizing the sustainable development of the city.

Wang Xiaofeng, co-founder and CEO of mobike, said: "mobike is very happy to launch the World Cycling Day with many partners in more than 65,438+080 cities around the world, and contribute to making the city better. In the past 500 days, mobike has accumulated cycling mileage of more than 5.6 billion kilometers, saving about 6.5438+0.26 million tons of carbon emissions, reducing congestion, reducing pollution and facilitating travel. Today, the birth of World Cycling Day marks a milestone in our vision of' cycling to change the city'. "

Zhang Jinhua, the representative office of the United Nations Environment Programme in China, said: "We are very happy to co-sponsor the World Cycling Day with mobike. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) hopes that through comprehensive measures such as building a sustainable transportation system, saving energy and reducing emissions, and promoting a sustainable lifestyle, it will appeal to all people to take action and join hands to move towards a' zero pollution planet'. The concept of green travel and low-carbon life advocated by World Cycling Day will provide an important impetus for the realization of this goal. "

Zhang Zhenshan, director of UN-HABITAT's China project, said: "Cycling is a way of traveling and an attitude towards life. By riding, we change ourselves first and then the city. Cycling can get close to the city, better understand the development of the city, improve the environment and make our city better. While encouraging bicycle travel, we must also vigorously advocate safe travel, abide by traffic rules, abide by urban management regulations, and improve some safety measures for bicycle travel. "

Dr. Li Lailai, chief representative of China District of World Resources Institute, said: "The emergence of * * * bicycles has put forward effective solutions for urban diseases such as traffic congestion and road safety that developing cities are generally facing at present, and will have a positive impact on urban form in the long run. This is exactly what our World Resources Institute is committed to promoting all over the world. We are very happy to jointly launch the' World Cycling Day' with mobike, bringing together interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary professional forces to promote the low-carbon sustainable development of the city. "

Shi Nan, representative of the World Health Organization in China, said: "Riding for 20 minutes every day can achieve a healthy amount of exercise. Co-launch World Cycling Day with partners and look forward to establishing a healthier lifestyle by advocating cycling. "

Lu Sicheng, Director-General of WWF China, said that he advocated the launch of World Cycling Day, believing that by driving more people to ride, the city will become smoother, the city's scenery will be integrated into life, and healthy behavior will bring more green to the earth.

World Cycling Day has not only received the support of major United Nations agencies, but also aroused strong repercussions in the fields of media, enterprises and venture capital, attracting a large number of star artists to participate. Up to now, the topic of "World Cycling Day" has been discussed more than 200,000 times in Weibo, and the reading volume has exceeded 50 million.

World Cycling Day was also strongly supported by Shen Nanpeng, global managing partner of Sequoia Capital, Zhang Lei, founder and CEO of Gaoyao Capital, Kai-fu Lee, founder and CEO of innovation works, Bao Fan, chairman and CEO of Huaxing Capital Group, Li Bin, co-founder and chairman of Ctrip, Miracle, founder and chairman of Zhu Hua Hotel Group and Li Ning, founder of Li Ning Company. In addition, hundreds of top enterprises such as Tencent, JD.COM, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, China Mobile, China Unicom, Vodafone, Ericsson, Qualcomm and Motorola actively responded to World Cycling Day through official Weibo WeChat and other channels, advocating * * * to enjoy cycling and travel green.

In addition to the active advocacy of enterprises and institutions, World Cycling Day has also received strong attention and active participation from performing stars. Famous artists such as Li, Wang, Johnny, Jiang, etc. released posters with the theme of World Cycling Day, calling on * * * to walk with the green and change the city by cycling; Among them, four famous artists, including Victoria Song, Orfila, Ou and Sandra, also served as mobike green cycling ambassadors for this World Cycling Day.

The success of the World Cycling Day marks the concept of green travel and low-carbon life advocated by mobike, which has been actively responded and participated by more and more cities and residents around the world. At present, mobike has provided services in more than 65,438+080 cities around the world, operated more than 7 million smart bicycles and provided more than 25 million rides every day.