Tianjin city, Shenyang city, and Ningbo city join the UNESCO Global Learning City Network.

On December 4th, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization announced that 72 cities in 46 countries around the world, including Tianjin, Shenyang, and Ningbo in China, have been recognized as new members of the organization's Global Network of Learning Cities. This recognition is to commend the outstanding commitment and efforts of these cities to ensure that everyone has the right to education. Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education at UNESCO, stated that cities play a crucial role in promoting lifelong learning, and the 72 new UNESCO Learning Cities announced are transforming every street, library, workplace, museum, and home into places of knowledge and innovation. The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities was initiated by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning in 2013 and officially accepted city applications in 2015. The network aims to support and promote policy dialogue, exchange of experiences, and sharing of practices among member cities to enhance lifelong learning capacity building and community sustainable development. Currently, China has 15 cities that have joined the Global Network of Learning Cities, including Tianjin, Shenyang, and Ningbo that were newly selected. The other cities include Beijing, Taiyuan, Chengdu, Wuhan, Changzhou, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing, and Suzhou. Beijing, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Shanghai, and Wuhan have previously been recipients of the UNESCO Global Learning City Award.