Chinese Firms and the Sustainable Development Goals: The Case of the UN Global Compact

In a globalized world, promoting more equitable and sustainable development worldwide and resisting shocks are important goals of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and its local networks urge businesses to play a role in promoting sustainable development in the world. Global businesses must put more effort into accelerating corporate sustainability and responsible business practices (United Nations, 2021). However, few studies have analyzed the current status of Chinese companies' adaptation to the UN Global Compact. In this paper, we will use a crawler tool to obtain detailed data through UNGC's official website to analyze the status of Chinese companies signing the UN Global Compact. We also select Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., a privately held company, and China United Network Communications Group Company Limited ("China Unicom"), a state-owned company, from the Mobile Telecommunications industry to analyze how they have integrated the SDGs into their daily business activities and what results in they have achieved so far.