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Hosted by Li Baodong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, the luncheon meeting was attended by UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson, Beijing's Mayor Wang Anshun and the ambassadors of some other countries.

"The growth of urbanization and tourism is a natural consequence of globalizing interdependent world. Much of the growth in the recent decades as we know, has been boosted by China and other Asian countries," Eliasson said while addressing the meeting.

The UN official also praised the establishment of the WTCF as "a concrete example of the Chinese government's commitment to sustainable urban development in tourism."

Last December, the Beijing municipal government took the initiative to establish the WTCF, a non-profit, non-governmental international body organized voluntarily by world tourist cities, non-governmental organizations, and associations and enterprises related to tourism.

Under the theme of "tourism makes cities even better", the WTCF aims to expand the tourism sectors, and to enhance the quality and improve the efficiency of the tourism industry.