China seen playing pivotal role in UN's sustainable development goals

China's nongovernmental organizations could have a wider role to play in the United Nations' sustainable development efforts, according to a UN official.

Marc-Andre Dorel said China's NGOs can help the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development on a global scale.

Dorel, acting chief of the NGO branch at the UN Office for Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development, spoke at a conference themed "China's Role in the Global Partnership to Achieve the SDGs" at the Millennium Hotel in New York on Tuesday.