BEIJING, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- China Thursday renewed its call for rich nations to "show more sincerity" on financial and technological support as the two-week-long UN climate change conference drew toward a close.

    "We, again, urge the developed countries to show more sincerity on funding, technology and mid-term emissions target to solve the developing countries' concerns and meet their demands in an effort to make the conference yield positive outcomes," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu at a regular news briefing.

    Many countries are demanding a legally-binding climate treaty to be reached in Copenhagen, but schisms between developed and developing nations, mainly over emissions reduction and financing, are eroding the chances of such a deal.

    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Copenhagen Wednesday for the UN Climate Change Summit. He will deliver a speech on Friday, the last day of the talks.

    "Premier Wen will expound China's stance on how it deals with climate change in a positive manner and on international cooperation on climate change tomorrow," said Jiang.

    "China supports success of the Copenhagen conference and has been making joint efforts with all parties in a constructive attitude in this regard," said Jiang.

    She urged the parties to step up efforts for fair, reasonable, balanced and achievable results.

China, others protest Danish chair's draft climate texts

    COPENHAGEN, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- China and a number of other developing nations on Wednesday protested an attempt by the Danish presidency of the Copenhagen climate talks to put forward draft outcome texts without consulting other parties.

    "This is a party-driven process. You can't just put forward some texts from the sky," China's chief negotiator Su Wei said at the conference after an announcement by the Danish presidency on the draft texts.  Full story

China wants population reflected in outcome of climate talks 

    COPENHAGEN, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- China has called for the impact of population to be factored into the final result of the UN climate change conference here.

    "A solution to climate change is closely related to population management. China's experiences show that long-term, balanced development can only be achieved through population management and other effective measures," Zhao Baige, vice minister of China's National Population and Family Planning Commission, told reporters on the sidelines of the UN conference Thursday.  Full story

Developing nations stand firm on Kyoto

    COPENHAGEN, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Developing countries on Wednesday warned against discarding the Kyoto Protocol and protested a Danish attempt to supersede it with a compromise text without consulting them.

    Denmark is hosting the United Nations climate change talks. Full story

China undertaking low-carbon development: official

    COPENHAGEN, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- China is reconciling its traditional development and consumption patterns with low-carbon development so as to achieve ultimate harmony between humans and nature, a senior Chinese official said Tuesday.  Full story