On 10 April 2019, Mr Clinton Moore, Social Planner of the City of Melbourne, Australia is with the Guangzhou Award Secretariat to discuss the award and the SDGs. The discussion will be featured in Moore's upcoming podcast series, Realise 2030.

According to Mr Roger Lawe, Communications Manager at the Secretariat, the award will go through a major overhaul. An expert group meeting will be convened later this year to align the criteria, the submission format and the entire process with the SDGs.