Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that China should no longer be labeled as a "Developing Nation" by the United Nations.

This House resolution (H. Res. 687) expresses the sense of the House that the United Nations should no longer label the People’s Republic of China as a "Developing Nation." The resolution cites several metrics to justify this position, including China’s classification by the World Bank as an upper-middle-income economy, its status as a leading global exporter and a major purchaser of U.S. goods, and its extensive, multi-country infrastructure and energy investment programs reported by the GAO. While the resolution frames this as a normative stance, it does not itself create new policy or binding obligations. Rather, it signals Congress’s position and could influence U.S. diplomacy or messaging toward the United Nations and related international forums. In short, the bill asserts that China’s current economic and geopolitical standing warrants rethinking its UN development status, using cited data as justification, but remains a non-binding, symbolic measure that would require further action or advocacy to affect UN classifications.