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CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNANCE

shared development. Facing global challenges, all countries ought to
increase dialogue and exchange best practices. We should learn from each
other’s strengths to make up for our shortcomings, draw on each other’s
experiences to achieve common development, and deliver benefits to
all our peoples. At the same time, we should advocate harmony despite
differences, and allow each country to seek solutions that best suit their
own national conditions.

Distinguished Colleagues,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
China has always been an active participant in the global campaign
against climate change, and will contribute its share toward a successful
Paris Conference with sincerity and determination.
Over the past few decades, China has undergone rapid economic
growth and people’s lives have changed profoundly. However, this
has taken its toll on natural resources and the environment. Reflecting
on this lesson, China is devoting major efforts toward building an
ecological civilization and promoting green, circular, and low-carbon
development. We have integrated our efforts to address climate change
into our national medium- and long-term plans for economic and social
development. We attach equal importance to both mitigating climate
change and adapting to it, and strive for progress on all fronts through
a variety of measures that are legal, administrative, technological, and
market-based. China’s installed renewable energy capacity accounts for
24 percent of the global total, with newly installed capacity accounting
for 42 percent of the global total. China is the world leader in energy
conservation and the utilization of new and renewable energy.
As an ancient Chinese philosopher said, “All things in nature are
connected. The harmony between them creates life, and the nourishment
they give each other brings growth.” Chinese culture has always viewed
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humans as an integral part of nature, and valued respect for nature.
Moving forward, the building of an ecological civilization will feature
prominently in China’s 13th Five-Year Plan, and we will work hard to
implement the concept of innovative, coordinated, green, and open
development that is for everyone. Through technological and institutional
innovation, China will adopt a series of new policy measures to improve

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