China has worked actively and seriously to tackle global climate
change and build capacity to respond to it. We believe that
every country has a stake in dealing with climate change and
every country has a responsibility for the safety of our planet.
China is at a critical stage of building a moderately prosperous
society on all fronts, and a key stage of accelerated
industrialization and urbanization. Yet, despite the huge task
of developing the economy and improving people’s lives, we have
joined global actions to tackle climate change with the utmost
resolve and a most active attitude, and have acted in line with
the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities
established by the United Nations. China voluntarily stepped up
efforts to eliminate backward capacity in 2007, and has since
closed a large number of heavily polluting small coal-fired
power plants, small coal mines and enterprises in the steel,
cement, paper-making, chemical and printing and dyeing sectors.
Moreover, in 2009, China play