In response to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Tsinghua University established the Institute for Sustainable Development Goals, the first interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral, cross-departmental and multidisciplinary research institute on SDGs in China, to strengthen scientific research, talent training, international cooperation and exchange in the field of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to accelerate China's sustainable development, and to contribute to global sustainable development with Chinese perspectives and experiences.

On May 14, 2017, on the occasion of the "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit in Beijing, the inauguralceremony of Institute for Sustainable Development Goals and Academic Forum on "Belt and Road and Global Sustainability" was held in the main building of Tsinghua University.

Jeffrey Sachs reads congratulatory letter from UN Secretary-General Guterres

Mr.António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, andMr.Yves Flückiger, President of the University of Geneva congratulated the establishment of the institute in their congratulatory letters.

On the day, Tsinghua University and the Ministry of Industry of Indonesia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation.Mr.Bambang Brodjonegoro, the Minister of National Development Planning Indonesia, sent a congratulatory letteron the establishment of the Institute.

Feng Huilan (Mari Pangestu) reads the congratulatory letter from Bambang, the Minister of National Development Planning Indonesia