The 2018 Interregional Seminar on the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Parliaments of Developing Countries, co-sponsored by China's National People's Congress (NPC) and Inter-Parliamentary Union, was held in Beijing on Sept 10. Wang Chen, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the NPC, addressed the opening ceremony. Zhou Liujun, vice chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency, was also present at the ceremony and delivered a speech.