With pride and confidence I ask your attention for a very special event which will take place in September 2010 in the Chinese City of Dezhou.

Dezhou already is China Solar City and will host the 4th International Solar Cities Initiative Congress from September16-19 2010. Before and after the congress touristic and technical tours will be organised and there will be free facilities for international working groups if they want to combine their meetings with participation in the Congress.

After some visits to Dezhou the International Solar Cities Initiative's President expressed his feeling that Dezhou even deserves the title "World Solar City".

I am proud of our achievements and look forward to sharing our experience and similar experiences from all over the world with interested scientists and politicians from all over the world.

I trust attending this congress can be an interesting and rewarding experience for you, your colleagues or affiliates.

I thank you in advance and hope to meet you in our beautiful city in September 2010.