Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals (2020) was released on September 26, 2020, by the Chinese government at the "Poverty Eradication and South-South Cooperation" High-level Video Conference, on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. Drafted by the Big Earth Data Science Engineering Program (CASEarth) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the report showcases China's efforts to implement Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and in particular, the prospect of utilizing Big Earth Data for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday announced that China will set up an International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals to facilitate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

On September 26, 2019, the report Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals (2019) was released at the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. It was one of the four official documents released by the Chinese government at the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and one of the two official documents released by the Chinese government at the SDG Summit on September 24-25, 2021.