The Song County in central China's Henan province, home to more than half a million people, is on the government poverty county list. Its annual revenue is not much more than 300 million yuan (US$45 million).
China is responding to climate change on numerous fronts, including improving its energy efficiency and adopting a "low carbon" energy strategy, Chinese environment experts said in Cancun Monday.
China is intensifying technology cooperation and transfer with other developing countries under the South-South Cooperation to address climate change and ensure sustainable development, a senior technical official said.
China hopes that negotiators try to refrain from saying no and work on solutions to their differences, Xie Zhenhua, head of the Chinese delegation, said in a press conference.
China will not give in on matters of principle, Su Wei, China's chief climate change negotiator, said over the weekend. Cancun data highlights global warming
China will make compromises in the negotiation process, but “not on key issues,” stated Huang Huikang, China’s climate change envoy, on Sunday during the plenary of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun.
China will not compromise on issues of principle at the ongoing UN climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico, the country's chief negotiator said on Saturday.
The Chinese government believes that continuation of the Kyoto Protocol and commitment to its second period is a must for a balanced outcome for climate change negotiations.
China's chief climate change negotiator urged countries to stick to the Kyoto Protocol to ensure a successful conference in Cancun.
China's chief negotiator to the UN climate change talks in Cancun has said that since 2006 the country has emitted 10 percent less pollution than the previous five years.
As the negotiations continue at UN climate change conference, or the COP 16, a group of youths from China and the United States sent their message to the delegates, clearly and firmly:"We want the negotiators from both sides to listen to us because their decision will have a huge impact on us."
Climate change negotiation is an urgent issue cannot wait too much bargaining and all sides should make their utmost efforts to ensure progress of the Cancun meeting, China's top climate change negotiator Su Wei told China Daily Tuesday after the Opening Ceremony of the United Nation's Climate Change Meeting in Cancun.