Yang Bin, Vice President and Provost of Tsinghua University, met with Beate Trankmann, UNDP resident representative in China, to seek cooperation in sustainable development, on Sept 20.

In his speech, Yang introduced Tsinghua's efforts to realize the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including the launch of the university's SDGs Report, the setting up of the Institute for Carbon Neutrality, and the organizing of an expert team on science and technology ethics education.

Trankmann acknowledged that UNDP and Tsinghua have a sound history in youth talent training, artificial intelligence cooperation and governance, and expects to collaborate more closely in the future.

Staff from the UNDP and Tsinghua's Office of International Affairs observed the meeting.

Editor: Li Han