来自好莱坞的讯息：拥抱过去 塑造城市未来
<p>今年5月早些时候，一年一度的米尔肯研究院全球会议在美国洛杉矶召开，中美两国商务人士与近4000名来自政府、商业、慈善和公民社会领域的领袖一道出席了会议。今年米尔肯会议的主题是“应对变化中的世界”。</p><p><span word="Earlier">Earlier</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="May">May</span>, <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="business">business</span> <span word="executives">executives</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="some">some</span> 4,000 <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="government">government</span>, <span word="business">business</span>, <span word="philanthropy">philanthropy</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="society">society</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="Milken">Milken</span> <span word="Institute">Institute</span> <span word="Global">Global</span> <span word="Conference">Conference</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Los">Los</span> <span word="Angeles">Angeles</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="year">year</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="theme">theme</span> <span word="was">was</span> “<span word="navigating">navigating</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="transition">transition</span>.”</p><p>的确，来自亚太地区的与会人数创了新高，他们中的很多人都切身明白，随着世界从农村向城镇转型，快速增长的大都会地区面临着诸多挑战。联合国国际移民组织总干事威廉·斯温在2017年10月指出，居住在城市的人口数量历史上首次超过了农村地区人口。</p><p><span word="Indeed">Indeed</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="participants">participants</span> <span word="attending">attending</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Asia">Asia</span>-<span word="Pacific">Pacific</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="first">first</span>-<span word="hand">hand</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="challenges">challenges</span> <span word="facing">facing</span> <span word="rapidly">rapidly</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="metropolitan">metropolitan</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="transitions">transitions</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="urban">urban</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="history">history</span>, <span word="noted">noted</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="Migration">Migration</span> <span word="Director">Director</span> <span word="General">General</span> <span word="William">William</span> <span word="Lacy">Lacy</span> <span word="Swing">Swing</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="October">October</span> 2017, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>.</p><p>但有趣的是，好莱坞——距离米尔肯会议现场仅数英里之遥——推出了一部大片，这部影片或许在无意之中给中国的城市领导者们提供了一个讯息。</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="intriguingly">intriguingly</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Hollywood">Hollywood</span> — <span word="just">just</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="miles">miles</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="site">site</span> — <span word="came">came</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="blockbuster">blockbuster</span> <span word="film">film</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="offer">offer</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="unintentional">unintentional</span> <span word="message">message</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="urban">urban</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span>.</p>
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