Report on Sustainable Competitiveness of Cities Worldwide（2019-2020)

The Global Urban Competitiveness Report（GUCR） is a cooperative research conducted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and UN-Habitat focusing on sustainable urban competitiveness, urban land and urban finance. Led by Mr. Marco Kamiya and Prof. Ni Pengfei, the project is participated by experts from CASS, UNHabitat and well-known scholars in relevant fields. Through theoretical research and empirical investigation, the report establishes an indicator system to measure the economic competitiveness and sustainable competitiveness of more than 1,000 cities in the world.

Meanwhile, it selects important issues of global urban development as the theme report for in-depth study, aiming to promote the implementation of the UN 2030 agenda through the assessment of urban competitiveness. At present, 《GUCR (2015-2016)》，GUCR (2017-2018)《GUCR (2018-2019)》 have been published successively, from which, 《GUCR (2018-2019)》was launched at the UN headquarters in New York city during the 74th UN general assembly.