BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong on Tuesday said the country was ready to increase cooperation with the United States on climate change.

    Liu made the remarks when meeting with assistant to the president for science and technology and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy John Holdren, and U.S. special envoy for climate change Todd Stern.

    "To cope with climate change is a common challenge for all humankind," Liu said, hoping that the international community would take concrete actions and work together under the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities" among developed and developing countries.

    The Chinese government, with conserving energy and protecting the environment as its national strategy, attached great importance to issues concerning energy, environment, and climate change, she said.

    China would work with the United States to contribute to the success of the Copenhagen Conference at the end of this year, she noted.

    Holdren and Stern briefed Li on U.S. policy on climate change, saying that their country would enhance scientific and technological cooperation with China in such sectors as climate change, energy and environment.

    A new protocol was expected to be born in Copenhagen by the end of this year to replace the Kyoto Protocol to prevent global warming and climate change, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regular briefing on Tuesday.

China calls for substantial co-op with U.S. on climate change

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (1st R) meets with Todd Stern, U.S. special envoy for climate change, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, on June 8, 2009. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang met with U.S. special envoy for climate change Todd Stern on Monday, calling for more dialogues and substantial cooperation with the United States on climate change.

    "China has noticed the change of the U.S. government on climate change as well as the positive measures it has taken," Li told Stern during their meeting in the Great Hall of the People.   Full story

China continues massive elimination of backward industrial facilities to address climate change

    BEIJING, June 5 (Xinhua) -- China will continue its massive elimination of backward industrial facilities in 2009 to save energy and cut pollution in its bid to address climate change, the government said Friday.

    China aims to close down small coal-burning power stations with a total generating capacity of 15 million kilowatts, according to an action plan approved by a joint meeting of the national steering committee for responses to climate changes and the State Council steering committee for energy-saving and emission control Friday. Full story

U.S. senator: Climate change negotiating team to come to China

    BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Senator John Kerry said here Thursday that the Obama administration would send a negotiating team on climate change to China in the next two weeks or so.

    The U.S. president's top science advisor, John Holdren, and the designated negotiator for climate change, Todd Stern, would meet with Chinese officials, Kerry, who is also chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, told a press briefing. Full story

Chinese Premier: China ready to cooperate with U.S. in coping with climate change

    BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- China will enhance cooperation with the United States in coping with climate change, Premier Wen Jiabao said here on Wednesday.

    "China will cement policy dialogue with the United States, take the joint tackling of climate change as an important aspect of cooperation and push for positive results in the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference," Wen told U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her delegation. Full story

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