Congress vows to support UN goals

A declaration was unveiled in Deqing county, Zhejiang province, on Wednesday to mark the conclusion of the three-day United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress, which lured more than 1,200 mapping professionals from 83 countries and regions.

In the Moganshan Declaration, participants vowed to ensure that the importance of geospatial and localization information be fully recognized, and to support the sustainable development goals on a national scale, in a bid to better implement and realize the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

It also called for all member states, institutions, industries and professionals to connect the geospatial information sector with their nations' sustainable development plans.