The Millennium Declaration in 2000 was a milestone in international cooperation, inspiring development efforts that have improved the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world. Ten years later, world leaders will gather again at the United Nations in New York to review progress, assess obstacles and gaps, and agree on concrete strategies and actions to meet the eight Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

Publication Date:June 2010

At 14:28 on May 12th, 2008, a strong earthquake measured 8.0 Richter scale struck the Wenchuan County in Sichuan province, China. It caused immense casualty and property loss and shocked the whole world. After the earthquake, the Chinese government mobilized the resources in the entire Chinese society and started an earthquake rescue and relief operation of an unprecedented scale with the support and aid of the international community. The extensiveness of the disaster-affected area, the devastative nature of the earthquake, and the complex geographic features and exceptional climatic conditions of the disaster areas all posed difficulties and challenges in the rescue and relief work as never met before. It is of greatly important value and significance to carefully summarize and draw from the experiences and lessons learnt in the rescue and relief efforts in the Wenchuan Earthquake so that China and also other countries in the world can improve relevant management mechanisms and enhance emergency rescue and relief capacities in the future and thus minimize the damages and losses caused by nature disasters to the life and property of the public.

The earthquake that stroked Wenchuan on May 12th 2008 is the most
devastating ever in the history of People's Republic of China. Statistics indicates the magnitude 8.0 earthquake has killed nearly 70,000 people, injured nearly 400,000, and left more than 1 million people homeless. There are still 20,000 people missing and over 80 million are affected in this catastrophe.
The Chinese Government launched earthquake rescue and relief projects right
after the sudden catastrophe. Although the projects greatly contributed the relieves and reconstructions, the situation is still harsh due to the quake intensity, vast suffered area, serious consequences and large affected population, especially the law-related issues.

Mainstreaming Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation: Experience and Lessons Learned in Practical Applications of Mainstreaming is the proceedings of the International Workshop on Mainstreaming Wetland Biodiversity Conservation held from December 1-4, 2007 in Yueyang City, Hunan Province of China under the support of the UNDP/GEF China Wetland Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use Project. It contains theories, approaches, methodologies and practical cases in mainstreaming wetland conservation into development agenda from international, national, regional and local perspectives.

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

Making Gender Equality a Reality: UNDP and Gender illustrates how UNDP China is working for the realization of gender equality and women’s empowerment. It provides an overview of UNDP China’s comprehensive gender mainstreaming strategy and provides a snapshot on the practices and experiences on gender mainstreaming and empowerment in UNDP China programmes. The pamphlet shows how UNDP China engages in specific interventions that address the most pressing issues that lead to the empowerment of women, reduction of their vulnerabilities, building their leadership potential, and protecting their human rights.

The Asia-Pacific Regional Human Development Report (APHDR) is an important resource and instrument to explore critical development concerns. The Report thus informs policies from a human development perspective, putting people at the centre of development debates. As a regional public good, the APHDR focuses on issues that are of common concern to several countries in the region, have sensitivities that are better addressed at a regional level, or have clear cross-border dimensions.

This photo album offers a glimpse into the key landmarks of our thirty year history in China.

Publication Date: 2009

This paper is intended to explain what we know about MSM and VCT in China and describe the serious risk that HIV presents to this group. It also aims to illustrate the invaluable role community based organizations can play in effectively increasing access to VCT services for men who have sex with men (MSM) and self identified gay men.

Publication Date: November 2008

The ‘International NGO and Donor Consultation on Men who have Sex with Men’ was convened by the United Nations Technical Working Group on MSM and HIV/AIDS (UN-TWG/MSM) to help strengthen relationships between key stakeholders. The aim of the consultation and this report is to document common experiences and information about funding, technical support, interventions, and relationships with CBOs. As with all meetings of UN-TWG/MSM, challenges and barriers to effective service delivery were featured in the discussions along with possible solutions.

Publication Date: November 2008

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 report presents and summarizes the key development achievements that UNDP partnered to in 2006-2007 in China.

Publication Date: 2008

This report presents China’s outstanding record of rapid and broad-based development over the 30 years since the beginning of the reform and opening up era in China in 1978. China’s poverty reduction achievements have been particularly remarkable. Since 1990 the number of poor people in China has fallen by more than 300 million, a great contribution to global progress toward MDG 1. In fact it is clear that without China’s reduction in poverty it would be impossible for mankind to achieve the MDG target of halving the share of the population living in poverty. Even before 1990 China had already started sustained increases in standards of living. Since 1978 more than 600 million Chinese people have been lifted out of poverty, an achievement of staggering proportions.

Publication Date:October 2008

This report, prepared by State Council AIDS Working Committee Office and the United Nations Theme Group on AIDS, covers the epidemic situation and the response since 2006, and identifies the ongoing challenges from which recommendations for future guidance are formulated.

Publication Date: Decemeber 2007

Climate change is the defining human development challenge of the 21st Century. Failure to respond to that challenge will stall and then reverse international efforts to reduce poverty. The poorest countries and most vulnerable citizens will suffer the earliest and most damaging setbacks, even though they have contributed least to the problem. Looking to the future, no country—however wealthy or powerful—will be immune to the impact of global warming.

The Strategic Action Plan aims to re-affirm the common vision of the Tumen River Area Development Programme (Tumen Programme). The Tumen Programme has reached an important stage of development and the member Governments have decided to revitalize and re-brand it as the Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI) in order to serve better the common goals. The member Governments will take full ownership of the GTI supported by development partners such as UNDP, donor countries and international financing institutions. Further success of the GTI will require (a) the political will of member states to create a growth pole for North-East Asia in the region, (b) realistic policy formulation by the Consultative Commission and (c) dynamic and imaginative follow-up action by the Tumen Secretariat.

The Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI) is an intergovernmental cooperation mechanism in North-East Asia, supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with a membership of five countries:
China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, and the Russian Federation. Since its creation in 1995, the Initiative has been a unique platform for economic cooperation, and has continuously contributed to peace, stability, and sustainable development in the region.

In line with the joint programme, UN agencies in China have developed a two-year work plan for 2007 and 2008 under the focus areas. It is a framework matrix that brings together current ongoing activities and activities that WLU be implemented.

The UN Joint Programme on AIDS is based on the Millennium Development Goals and the UNGASS HIV/AIDS Declaration of Commitment at the global level of the AIDS response.

The report summarizes the key development results that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has contributed to in China in the past year.

Publication Date: 2006

In recent years, UNDP has further enhanced its cooperation and partnerships with the Government of China and other stakeholders for achieving development results.

With respect to the partnership with the government, UNDP has been working very closely with China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges (CICETE) under the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), which is the government coordinating agency for UNDP in China, and with a number of government implementing partners and cooperating agencies. In addition, UNDP has made a lot of efforts in broadening and deepening its partnerships with the private sector, civil society organizations (CSOs) and other donor agencies. As a key part of the UN System in China, UNDP has further strengthened its cooperation and partnerships with other UN agencies in development efforts.

The Human Development Report continues to frame debates on some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity. It is an independent report commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Kevin Watkins is the Lead Author of the 2006 report, which includes special contributions from U.K. Chancellor Gordon Brown, Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, President Lula of Brazil, Former U.S. President Carter, and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The Report is translated into more than a dozen languages and launched in more than 100 countries annually.

The ESIA Report presents a thorough study of the impact of the investment project on the environment and the social fabric of the local communities. It also offers several recommendations that, if implemented, could address and mitigate the challenges highlighted in the ESIA Report.

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

This China's Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals 2005 is based on the 2003 edition and updated by relevant departments of the Chinese Government. The report sums up China's achievements and experiences since 2000 in implementing the MDGs, points out the problems and shortfalls and puts forward suggestions for future work.

Publication Date: 2005

An important question is whether China's rise is a win-win proposition or a zero sum game. As China's "footprint" on the rest of the world grows, the role of China in the global partnerships with developing countries, particularly in supporting the MDGs, becomes increasingly important.

Publication Date:2005

This report documents the findings of a gender review of national MDG reports and covers all the national reports from developing countries published up to December 2004. This includes 78 reports in English, French and Spanish – 22 reports from Africa, seven from the Arab region, 10 from the Asia-Pacific region, 17 from Central Europe and the CIS, and nine from Latin America. There has been no attempt at sampling - all the reports available upto December 2004 were scanned.

"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 is the first report to analyze in detail China’s progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The report reflects on the work done so far against each of the Goals, highlighting the progress made in reducing poverty and providing primary education, and concludes that China is on track to meet most of the MDGs. However, the areas of HIV/AIDS, gender equality, and the environment remain significant challenges for the country.

Publication Date: 2004

This year’s Human Development Report (HDR) takes stock of human development, including progress towards the MDGs. Looking beyond statistics, it highlights the human costs of missed targets and broken promises. Extreme inequality between countries and within countries is identified as one of the main barriers to human development—and as a powerful brake on accelerated progress towards the MDGs.

A brief brochure to introduce the work of UNDP China with regard to protecting, advocating for, and advancing the rights of people with disabilities.

UNDP is in a unique position to use its cross-cutting role and corporate mandate to contribute substantively to all priority areas through the prism of the Millennium Declaration and the MDGs. Assisting the Government of China in realizing its Xiao Kang vision of all-round human development is the ultimate goal of the UNDAF and the Country Programme.

It is accepted that economic growth is the foundation for future development. Sustained growth has resulted in dramatic improvements in the lives of people. China rapid integration in the world trading system is one of the phenomena of the early 21st century. The challenge now is to translate this growth into broad based sustainable development by making it more pro-poor, pro-environment and pro-women.

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

This twelve page brochure introduces UNDP China's ongoing work in developing effective and beneficial public-private partnerships for development. The brochure discusses the importance of the Millennium Development Goals to the continued health of the private sector and includes three mini-case studies on projects in the past.

This brief brochure introduces UNDP China's work on promoting UN Conventions in China. It covers UNDP's service offerings, policy and intellectual thoughtwork, projects and interventions, and some of the lessons learned and impacts of the work done thus far.

The Energy & Environment brochure provides a brief overview of UNDP's service lines and interventions in China in the areas of energy and the environment.

This booklet was first issued for the 25th anniversary since the Buenos Aires Plan of Action on TCDC was endorsed by the General Assembly. It is now reissued in updated form for the first observation of the International Day for South-South Cooperation, as not only, a marker of progress but an introduction to the challenges that still face us all.

Human development is first and foremost about allowing people to lead the kind of life they choose—and providing them with the tools and opportunities to make those choices. In recent years Human Development Report has argued strongly that this is as much a question of politics as economics—from protecting human rights to deepening democracy. Unless people who are poor and marginalized—who more often than not are members of religious or ethnic minorities or migrants—can influence political action at local and national levels, they are unlikely to get equitable access to jobs, schools, hospitals, justice, security and other basic services.

China's reform is producing tremendous improvements for many segments of its society. The expressway toward progress is getting wider and faster in China. The conclusions of this updated CCA highlight the impressive progress China has made, particularly during the last five years.

UNDP and the Private Sector is a publication that highlights the sucesses thus far of UNDP's Public-Private Partnership (PPP) initiatives through 8 case studies gleaned from UNDP's work around the globe.

This publication is an investigation of of legal environment for people with disabilities in China. It should prove helpful for a number of people including rights protection workers and other social workers, legal professionals, researchers on comparative foreign domestic legislation and international law in their work to support the promotion of rights for persons with disabilities in China.

This Report is about a simple idea whose time has come: the Millennium Development Goals.

Publication Date: 2003

This brochure provides a brief introduction to UNDP China, including the organization, the organization's history, and the various practice areas and thematic focuses of UNDP's work in China for the second Country Cooperation Framework (2001-2005).

Integrating a gender perspective into the formulation, the implementation and monitoring process of China's future reforms is indispensable. In January 2002, "China's Accession to WTO: Challenges for Women," the first gender-focused WTO project in China was launched. This report presents the key findings of this project in the hope that gender issues will find greater attention as the administrative system and institutions cope with the impact of globalization on China's economy and society.

This Human Development Report is first and foremost about the idea that politics is as important to successful development as economics. Sustained poverty reduction requires equitable growth—but it also requires that poor people have political power. And the best way to achieve that in a manner consistent with human development objectives is by building strong and deep forms of democratic governance at all levels of society.

This report is a summary and synthesis of a social impact assessment (SIA) survey of the China West-East gas pipeline project undertaken by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) China Office and the China International Centre for Economic and Technical Exchanges (CICETE) in partnership with Shell China between 16 April and 30 July 2002. The SIA survey assessed the likely social and economic impacts on households and communities along a total of 3,583 kilometers of the pipeline route in seven provinces: Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Anhui. The reports on each province are attached as section reports to this overall report.

With the Internet, agricultural biotechnology advances and new generations of pharmaceuticals reaching the market, it is time for a new partnership between technology and development. Human Development Report 2001 is intended as the manifesto for that partnership. But it is also intended as a source of cautionary public policy advice to ensure that technology does not sweep development off its feet, but instead that the potential benefits of technology are rooted in a pro-poor development strategy.

The Country Cooperation Framework for 2001-2005 highlights the challenges and issues of emphasis that China faces, and outlines the proposed methods of interventions by the UNDP to address those challenges. The preparation for the document was conducted in close consultation with the government, other United Nations agencies working in the country, multilateral and bilateral donor agencies and other stakeholders.