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SSC Drives Sustainable Development

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2026 Asia-Pacific Digital Intelligence Economy Sustainable Development Innovation Week Convenes in Shenzhen to Advance Regional Digital Cooperation and Inclusive Growth

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UNDP Administrator Joins UN Delegation at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference

Advancing international cooperation for inclusive, responsible, and people-centered AI

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UNDP Administrator Concludes Visit to Shanghai as Part of United Nations Delegation for 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference

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Stefan Liller Assumes Office as UNDP Resident Representative in China and Presents Credentials to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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UNDP Associate Administrator Opens the 2026 Global Digital Economy Conference in Beijing as UNDP Launches New Innovation Lab to Advance Digital-friendly Cities

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Local Ideas, Global Pathways

Highlights from Re:Think 2026 Sustainable Innovation Week

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Breaking the Shell

Empowering Rural Women in China's Oyster Industry

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How to Ensure Women Don't Get Left Out of the All-Important AI Bus

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From Pollution Control to Scalable Solutions

How the Minjiang River Basin pilot is keeping rivers cleaner as industry grows

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Women Reimagining the Future

Recap and highlights from the "My 2060: Making a Sustainable Future Happen" event

What we do

UNDP assists China in integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into development decisions, promotes the transition to an inclusive, low-carbon economy and a sustainable society, protects biodiversity, and informs China’s international development cooperation engagement to advance global progress on the SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement.

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The Next Great Divergence

Artificial Intelligence is advancing rapidly, yet many countries remain without the infrastructure, skills, and governance systems needed to capture its benefits. At the same time, they are already feeling its economic and social disruptions. This uneven mix of slow adoption and high vulnerability may trigger a Next Great Divergence, where inequalities between countries widen in the age of AI. UNDP’s flagship report, The Next Great Divergence: Why AI May Widen Inequality Between Countries, highlights how these pressures are playing out most visibly in Asia and the Pacific, a region marked by vast differences in income, digital readiness, and institutional capacity. The report outlines practical pathways for countries to harness AI’s opportunities while managing its risks in support of broader human development.

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Country Programme Document for China (2026-2030)

As China enters a pivotal phase in its development journey and the world moves into the final stretch toward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the new Country Programme Document (CPD) (2026–2030) sets out UNDP’s strategic vision for supporting China in advancing a more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable future at speed and scale. Anchored in China’s national priorities as outlined in its 15th Five-Year Plan, and fully aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), the CPD is designed to respond to increasingly complex and interconnected challenges, from inequalities and demographic shifts to climate change, biodiversity loss, and the opportunities and risks of rapid technological transformation. Building on UNDP’s comparative advantage as a trusted policy adviser, innovation partner, and bridge for South-South Cooperation, the new programme focuses on three strategic priorities: addressing new frontiers for sustainable human development, accelerating the low-carbon and nature-positive transition, and strengthening development partnerships to advance the Sustainable Development Goals globally. Across these priorities, innovation, integrated development approaches, and financing will serve as core levers to help translate ambition into measurable progress, both within China and beyond.

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Our impact

(2025)

50,000+

youths

empowered with green skills and knowledge for jobs of the future

7.95

million hectares

of expanded terrestrial protected-area coverage

8.98

million beneficiaries

of South-South Cooperation projects

20.63

million USD

funding unlocked for International Development Cooperation

637

tonnes

of municipal waste diverted through zero-waste pilots in 7 communities and 1 school

46,000+

women

across 40 clean energy pilot villages supported during China's low-carbon transition

101

reports and knowledge products published

(2021-2025)

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