The China ADR report endeavours to focus on strategic issues and be forward looking, while retaining the independent judgment of the ADR Evaluation Team. It is suggested that UNDP's future work in China should be more coherent, less local, dispersed and more national in vision. At the core of the recommendations is the argument that the assistance programme should focus on three tasks: the creation of knowledge where information is deficient, more sophisticated social and economic analysis of the country's major problems, and greater emphasis on policy advice and informed advocacy in UNDP's areas of competence. The report further highlights important opportunities in the area of south-south cooperation for China as well as UNDP's potential contribution to development results