China is coping with climate change

China has been making concrete contributions to address climate change and has become a leading country in energy conservation and development of new and renewable energies, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday.

"China is committed to full, effective, and sustainable implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change," the premier said while presiding over a meeting of the National Leading Group on Climate Change, Energy Conservation and Emissions Reduction held in Beijing.

"China stands ready to work with all other parties to ensure a comprehensive, balanced and strong agreement at the upcoming Paris Conference," he said.

The premier said China would achieve its energy saving and emissions control targets set in the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) as scheduled given that the country takes climate change seriously and prioritizes green, low-carbon economic development.

China's energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product have dropped 29.9 percent and 33.8 percent,respectively in 2014 compared to the levels in 2005.