September 2009

Phoenix, Arizona

Betty Chou, US-Asia Expo Arizona, and Gregory O'Reilly



Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao applauses before addressing the opening plenary of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2009, or the Summer Davos, in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 10, 2009.

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NEW REPORT
Leading to COP15: Understanding China’s position on climate change,
An Edelman China Insights Paper  - November 2009  [DOWNLOAD PAPER, PDF]

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Forces  shaping China’s economic growth:

"...ever-increasing demands for energy, water and raw materials, escalating carbon and waste emissions, and mounting consumption needs of industry and a rapidly growing urban population. In order to achieve sustainable economic development and to help achieve the central government’s impressive energy efficiency, emission reduction and resource consumption targets, the successful introduction and adoption of leading, scalable cleantech solutions across industrial and consumer sectors are essential."

"China’s long-term growth strategy plan is increasingly framed by innovations on the value chain, rather than by outsourced manufacturing."

Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council addressed the opening ceremony of the third Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and met with business representatives on the afternoon of 10 September. Premier Wen answered questions from WEF Executive Chairman Claus Schwab and business representatives. Following are the questions and answers:

Question: China set specific targets on tackling climate change both in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan and the National Program on Tackling Climate Change formulated and released by the Chinese Government in 2008, and progress is being made in meeting these targets. What will be the tasks and goals of the Chinese Government on addressing climate change in its Twelfth Five-Year Plan, and what constraining factors will China face in achieving these targets?

Answer: In the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, we set the target of reducing energy intensity by 20% and, based on the progress made so far, we may achieve this target in 2010 as scheduled. We have intensified our efforts to bring down energy intensity, including shutting down small coal-fired power plants with total capacity of over 50 million kilowatts. Energy conservation and emission reduction will continue to be our long-term goal in pursuing sustainable economic growth during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period and beyond. And there will be a major drop in China's energy intensity by 2020. China and western developed countries are at different stages of development. Since the industrial revolution, western countries have gone through 250 years of industrialization, while in China industrialization on a large scale only started several decades ago. We need to advance development, and at the same time keep up our efforts for energy conservation and emissions reduction. We need to strike a balance between these two and the ultimate goal of doing so is to achieve sustainable development. Without development, we will not have the capacity to save energy and reduce emissions. Let me give you an example. China's per capita power consumption is 2,580 kwh. It is only one fifth of the United States and one third of Japan. But China is a country with 1.3 billion population and its industrialization and urbanization are picking up speed. It will be more challenging and more difficult for China to develop a green economy, and save energy and reduce emissions.

Tackling climate change is the responsibility of the whole world. Both developed countries and developing ones should pursue the path of green development - green investment, green consumption and green growth. Yet it will be a process, and during this process, developing countries, including China, and developed countries should enhance cooperation to jointly respond to climate change. The principles and provisions of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol should be upheld and the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities should be adhered to. First, developed countries should redouble their efforts in energy conservation and emissions reduction and meet the emissions cut standards set in the Kyoto Protocol as scheduled. Second, developed countries should extend technical, financial and capacity-building support to developing countries. Third, developing countries, on their part, should take energy conservation and emissions reduction measures, pursue green growth and extensively apply new technologies to reduce CO2 emissions in light of their realities. China will play a positive and constructive role at the Copenhagen conference and we hope the conference will achieve substantial results.

The Communist country appears keen to develop a climate change policy that meshes with that of its biggest export customer, the United States, including a similar “energy security” stance and the ...
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China's ambitious climate change plan

China plans to announce an ambitious climate change plan at the United Nation's climate change talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December as it positions itself to muscle in on the growing opportunities in the clean technology sector, says Fan Gang, a monetary policy official and senior advisor to the Chinese government.

The Communist country appears keen to develop a climate change policy that meshes with that of its biggest export customer, the United States, including a similar "energy security" stance and the introduction of a carbon tax, Mr. Fan told business leaders in Toronto on Thursday night.

"China will announce a really ambitious plan," he said. "The government is moving quickly to try to catch up with the growth of this market."...

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