The new programme is informed by China’s long-term vision of transitioning from rapid economic growth to high-quality, people-centred development encapsulated in the National Plan on implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The thrust of the Decade of Action (2020-2030) for achieving the SDGs for China is rapid progress towards sustainable and equitable development.

The programme will contribute to China’s SDG ambition through the achievement of the three transformative results – zero unmet need for voluntary family planning, zero preventable maternal deaths, and zero gender-based violence against women and girls – by supporting the actualization of main objectives of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2021-2025, the Healthy China Action Plan (2019-2030), and China’s national commitments from the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25, to complete unfinished aspects of the ICPD agenda through their incorporation into national medium and long-term development plans.