UNDP China took the initiative to focus this National Human Development Report on the topic of “Sustainable Future: Towards a Low Carbon Economy and Sustainable Society”. By analyzing both the risks and potential benefits to China of a shift to a low carbon economy and society, it is hoped that this report will provide a considered contribution to China’s rapidly evolving policies in this area. The report highlights that, if China can fully grasp the opportunities at hand, it will be possible to move to a society which is not only environmentally sustainable, but which creates the conditions for greater job creation, greater resource efficiency and energy security, enhanced food security, and better health outcomes for its people; a society which, in line with China’s own Xiaokang vision, is well balanced and moderately prosperous.

Publication Date: 2010

The 2007/08 China National Human Development Report, "Basic Public Services for 1.3 Billion People", builds on the 2005 report by digging deeper into underlying causes of domestic development gaps. It focuses on the delivery of four essential basic public services—primary and junior secondary education, basic health care, social insurance and employment services—and analyses the important national goal of “equalization” of access to these, closely linked to the equity goal that was presented in the 2005 report.

Publication Date: 2008

The 2005 China Human Development Report, Development With Equity, presented a detailed analysis of these development gaps, between urban and rural areas, coastal and interior regions, genders and population groups.

Publication Date: 2005

"Making Green Development a Choice" is the third China Human Development Report (CHDR) and deals with China’s challenge at the crossroads towards sustainable development. The challenges of fulfilling a vision of green development in China are monumental, requiring a complex orchestration of policies and activities at a scale of operation the world has never seen.

Publication Date: 2002

This second China Human Development Report examines a crucial current issue for China: the changing role of the state.

Publication Date: 1999

This report attempts to summarize the history and current status of sustainable human development in China, focus attention on the outstanding challenges to be overcome, and make broad policy recommendations for tackling them. Special attention is given to the theme of poverty reduction. The Report finds that China has complied an admirable record of promoting human development, with falling poverty rates and improvements in the health and educational status of the population.

Publication Date: 1997