The 2nd Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation and the 2014 China International Friendship Cities Conference & the 2nd Guangzhou International Urban Innovation Conference was held in Guangzhou from November 27 to 29. GRIIS, as a member of Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation, has provided great support to the conferences. Li Qing, Secretary-general of Guangdong Research Institute for International Strategies, researchers such as Professor Xiao Yaofei, Professor Xiao Kuixi, and Associate Professor Song Haixiao attended the conferences.