The High-Level Policy Forum on Global Governance is part of the Global Governance Initiative between UNDP China and the China Centre for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) since 2012. Since then two high level policy forums were organised in 2012 and 2014. Two flagship reports (2013 and 2015) to summarise and elaborate the main ideas discussed at the forum have been published.

Mr. Nicholas Rosellini, newly-appointed UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, presented his credentials to Mr. Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, on 25th October.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) China and Phoenix Satellite Television announced a new strategic partnership to cooperate on advocating sustainable development on November 7.

Bangkok, 24 October 2016 – More than 150 delegates and development experts from 36 countries in Asia and the Pacific convened today in Bangkok to share expertise and ideas on how to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into national plans and budgets.

On 25 October, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in China, co-hosted a high-level forum on mega disaster response capacity building in Xi’an, China, as part of the Sharing and Learning on Community Based Disaster Management in Asia Project (CBDM Asia Phase II), to share policy, good practices and experience of mega disaster reduction and relief and promote capacity building of Asian countries through innovative ways

To raise public awareness on the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and help China reach the goals and targets set forth by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) China today launched its Massive Open Online Course on Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development Goals (UNDP SDG MOOC) developed in cooperation with NetEase Media, as the first knowledge product to combine the global Agenda and China’s current situation.

As part of the United Nations Day celebration, the launch ceremony for youth online campaign UN China “Imagine 2030” was held today at the United Nations Compound in Beijing.

Using dynamic information provided by big data to measure poverty across China has the opportunity to play an increasing role to review and track of poverty according to a new report launched today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) China, marking the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and China’s 3rd National Poverty Day.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the People’s Republic of China signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on the margins of the 71st United Nations General Assembly during Premier Li Keqiang’s visit.

2016 High Level Policy Forum on Global Governance "Belt and Road- New Path to Regional Development". Topics include; Identifying Development Dividends along the Belt and Road Initiative: Complementarities and Synergies between the BRI and the SDGs; Building a shared vision for the BRI and the SDGs and Promoting the sustainable development of transport and economic corridors under the Belt and Road Initiative

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South-South cooperation in international development is now widely recognized as an important complement to North-South cooperation, and is rapidly growing as part of efforts in addressing climate change.

By Nicholas Rosellini, Designated United Nations Resident Coordinator in China. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on Monday was a reminder that ending poverty in all its forms everywhere by 2030 is an ambitious goal, but it's also an achievable goal.