Currently, five annual reports have been published successively, among which GUCR (2018-2019) was launched at the UN headquarters in New York City during the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, and the GUCR (2019-2020) was released in Abu Dhabi during the 10th World Urban Forum. Meanwhile, it selects important issues of global urban development as the themes for in-depth studies, aiming to promote the implementation of the UN 2030 agenda through the assessment of urban competitiveness. 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. Its fast recovery, growing competitiveness and being in the global top 5 for available intellectual capital (per our other GEAR research on Intellectual Capital) indicates great potential for further improvement in future years. Led the project is participated by experts from CASS, UN-Habitat and well-known scholars in relevant fields. Beijing In our 2021 Index, Beijing jumped from 7th to 4th place globally and took 2nd position in Asia. 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.
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