China has boosted the sustainable development of countries within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) through a series of specially designed digital projects, according to the 7th Digital Belt and Road Conference.

CBAS is supporting the Frontiers Planet Prize, an initiative of the Frontiers Research Foundation (hereafter referred to as 'The Foundation'), as a National Nominating Body.

China has impressed a UN official with initiatives that are in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. Amina J. Mohammed, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations, says that China has invested in data centers that connect the world and also offer spatial data for ecosystems and cities.

The International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on June 6, outlining mutual commitment to seek big data-driven solutions to promote sustainable agriculture and food systems, and to facilitate the realization of sustainable development goals (SDGs).

The UN World Data Forum 2023, organized by the United Nations and jointly hosted by the National Bureau of Statistics of China and the People's Government of Zhejiang Province, was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province from April 24 to 27 under the theme “Towards Data that Empowers our World.”

The International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) held a side event to the eighth annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (“STI forum”) on May 2nd, 2023, in support of sustainable development in the post-epidemic era with big earth data at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.