Overview

The sustainable development goals are aimed at comprehensively addressing the development of social, economic and environmental dimensions in the context of comprehensive approaches between 2015 and 2030, and to the sustainable development path. Our project is also committed to providing a comprehensive and specific solution for the development of these three dimensions.

In this part, we will assess the impact of our projects on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) and, by contributing to the achievement of these goals, our projects will have a partial impact on the surrounding and wider social and economic issues. We believe that the fundamental human problem is the root of all problems and that only by solving the human problem can social and economic development be achieved. With this in mind, how to get more people to maintain a healthy diet, develop good habits to promote health is the core of our project.

SDGs 1: Ending poverty in all its forms everywhere

Extreme poverty has been cut in half since 1990. Despite these gains, one in five people in developing regions still lives below the $1.25 a day poverty line, and many are at risk of falling back into poverty, with disease accounting for a significant proportion of that risk. Taking China as an example, Zhang Xuying, deputy director of the China Population and Development Research Center, said that through the dynamic management system of health poverty alleviation, 10 million poor families in rural areas have returned to poverty due to illness, accounting for 40% of the entire poor family.

For the human body, the absorption of excessive cholesterol can cause hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis and various cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Once cardiovascular disease occurs, it will bring an inevitable burden to patients, families and society. There is a proverb in traditional Chinese medicine: "To cure no disease" means that prevention is more important than treatment for disease. By taking the health care products developed by our project, we can reduce the absorption of cholesterol by the body, reduce the risk of hypercholesterolemia, and then reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases, so the cost incurred is far lower than the treatment cost after the occurrence of the above diseases. More than three in four cardiovascular deaths occur in low - and middle-income countries, and the incomes of people in these countries are generally low, so our projects can play a major role in preventing the scale of the disease and the reduction of the scale of the disease.

SDGs 3: Ensuring healthy lifestyles and promoting well-being at all ages

Ensuring healthy lifestyles and promoting the well-being of all people at all ages is essential for sustainable development. Cardiovascular disease, the world's leading cause of death, is a major obstacle to achieving this goal: more people die each year from it than from any other cause. In 2016, an estimated 17.9 million people died from cardiovascular disease, accounting for 31% of all deaths worldwide, of which 85% died from heart disease and stroke. Of the 17 million deaths under the age of 70 due to non-communicable diseases, 37 per cent are caused by cardiovascular diseases. The world health organization's ministry of economic and social affairs points out that most cardiovascular diseases can be prevented by strategic solutions to the society, such as prevention of risk factors such as tobacco use, unhealthy diets and obesity, physical inactivity and harmful use of alcohol. Our project focuses on tackling the problems caused by unhealthy diet and obesity. Nowadays, high-fat foods frequently appear in people's diet, and people are easy to consume excessive cholesterol in their daily diet, which will lead to health problems. With the reduction of physical labor and the increase of mental work, the incidence of related cardiovascular diseases is also greatly increased.

By studying local data on nearly 5,000 patients with hyperlipidemia covering 13 ethnic groups over a six-year period, our team gained insight into the rising incidence of high cholesterol and the enormous harm it can cause. Therefore, our project will not only through the research and development of related products, but also through the publicity of healthy diet and the popularization of scientific concepts to promote people of all ages to develop and maintain healthy eating habits, so as to achieve the realization of the ambitious goal of promoting the third SDGs.

SDGs 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Access to quality education is fundamental to improving people's lives and achieving sustainable development. Countries have made significant progress in increasing access to education at all levels and in increasing enrolment rates, especially for girls, but more efforts and greater pace still needed to achieve the goal of education for all.

Our team has cooperated with 12 volunteer teaching teams in China to carry out our science popularization of synthetic biology and chronic diseases, covering Gansu, Macao, Shaanxi, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Fujian and other provinces (special administrative regions). Most of the volunteer teaching schools are below the county level, which realizes the targeted export of resources to economically underdeveloped areas and helps bridge the gap between urban and rural education. In response to the issue of equality between men and women in education, we have increased science popularization or volunteer education efforts for girls' schools, and donated stationery to girls' schools (such as Zhang Guimei High School and some rural schools), to safeguard girl's right to education and contribute our team to breaking the barriers of gender education gap.

SDGs 10: Reducing inequalities within and between countries

As countries around the world continue to develop, income inequality between countries may decrease, but income inequality within countries is increasing. There is growing recognition that economic growth will not be sufficient to reduce poverty if it is not inclusive and does not take into account the three dimensions of sustainable development - economic, social and environmental. To reduce income inequality, policies should be universal in principle, but take into account the needs of poor and marginalized groups.

Based on the concept of equality, we combine the popular science videos with sign language explanations, and set the color blind and weak color mode on the website, so that people with disabilities can understand it easily. At the same time, we have also translated our science materials into Tibetan and other ethnic minority languages, and we have launched targeted science popularization for some ethnic minority schools, which has greatly promoted the spread of our health concept in ethnic minority areas. After investigation, we found that the diet of ethnic minorities in northwest China is mostly heavy in oil and salt, which is easy to cause hypercholesterolemia. Therefore, we developed healthy recipes for ethnic minorities, promoted them in halal canteens and online, carried out satisfaction tests and promoted it.

We firmly believe that people are equal regardless of their origin, ethnicity, level of health, family wealth or gender.

SDGS 13: emergency action to address climate change and its impact

Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are now the highest they have ever been. Climate change, driven by economic and population growth, is affecting human and natural systems on a wide range of continents and countries. The atmosphere and oceans heat up and snow melts, causing sea levels to rise. Surface temperatures are expected to rise in the 21st century; Without action, the rise this century could exceed 3 degrees Celsius. As climate change affects economic development, natural resources and poverty eradication efforts, how to respond to climate change has become a thorny issue in achieving sustainable development. Affordable, scalable solutions to climate change will ensure that the progress of the past decades is not stalled by climate change, and ensure the health and resilience of national economies.

Based on this, our team members went deep into various communities, schools and other places to publicize the concept of food health. Moreover, we popularize the concept of food health through social media such as wechat public account. We have formed iG20 Alliance with 29 universities including Zhejiang University and Northwest University to jointly contribute to popular science. Through these measures, we can reduce excess meat consumption, thereby reducing carbon emissions and contributing to the carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals.

SDGs 17: Strengthening the means of Implementation and revitalizing the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

A successful sustainable development agenda requires partnerships between governments, the private sector and civil society. These inclusive partnerships are based on principles and values, a shared vision and a shared purpose: putting people and the planet at the centre. These inclusive partnerships are indispensable at the global, regional, national and local levels.

We are well aware of the power of unity. Therefore, in order to achieve our goals, we actively engage and cooperate with different social forces. We have exchanged experiences with more than ten key universities in China, such as Wuhan University, Central South University, University of Macau, and Beijing Institute of Technology, for a total of 1,500 minutes across more than ten provinces in China. iG20 activities were successfully carried out. In addition, we cooperated with the Red Cross Society of Gansu Province, Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Gansu Provincial Health Management Research Society and the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, and conducted a special interview with the National Cardiovascular Disease Center to learn about the latest incidence frequency and causes of cardiovascular diseases. Internationally, we interviewed dozens of experts from Asia and North America for more than 20 hours, which gave us a more international perspective and greatly enhanced the universality of our projects.

Inclusion

The main application point of this project is the above six SDGS, but it also has a positive impact on the realization of the remaining SDGS, which will ultimately help to completely solve the three dimensions of social, economic and environmental development problems. Promoting the sustainable development of human beings and to help realize the high-quality development of human society.

References

https://sdgs.un.org/goals
https://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2022-05/27/content_5692524.htm
https://www.who.int/zh/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cardiovascular-diseases-(cvds)#