VI. Strengthening International Exchanges and Cooperation

Since 2014, China, adhering to the "mutual-benefit, pragmatic and effective" principle, strengthened its cooperation with developed countries, actively participated in and promoted the cooperation with international organizations, deepened the cooperation with developing countries, prepared the South-South Cooperation Fund, and worked with all the parties to address climate change.

(I) Strengthening Exchanges and Cooperation with Developed Countries

Releasing joint statements on climate change with a number of countries. Since 2014, the Chinese government took high-level visits as the opportunity to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with developed countries in climate change, released joint statements on climate change with US, European Union, Britain and other countries, which won a positive response from the international community, enhanced mutual understanding and expanded consensus with other countries in addressing climate change, and made important contributions to promote the multilateral climate change negotiations.

Strengthening bilateral exchanges and dialogue on climate change. NDRC organized Sino-US and Sino-German working group bilateral meetings on climate change to promote the signing of relevant framework agreements. It held ministerial and working-layer dialogues and consultations on climate change with US, European Union, Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Germany and other countries to promote dialogues and communications on expert levels. It strengthened research exchanges with US on CCUS, hydro fluorocarbons and other issues, and promoted extensive exchanges with Britain and France on the topics of climate conference in Paris to expand consensus.

Deepening bilateral cooperation on climate change. Since 2014, the Chinese government signed bilateral memorandums of understanding on climate change with Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and other countries, started the second phase of China's adaption to climate change project in cooperation with Switzerland, and reached an agreement with South Korea on climate change, which promoted bilateral cooperation to a new level. China and US finalized 7 CCUS cooperative demonstration projects. MOST implemented the second phase of "EU-China Near-Zero Emissions Coal-Fired Power" cooperation project. MOST-UNEP-Africa Water Action Project was further pushed forward. MHRUD started the cooperation with US, Germany and Canada in low-carbon eco-city pilot.

(II) Promoting Exchanges and Cooperation with International Organizations

Conducting a wide range of practical cooperation with international organizations. China signed the memorandum of understanding on bilateral cooperation on climate change with the Asian Development Bank, and jointly organized the "International Workshop on Urban Adaptation to Climate Change". It also signed the memorandum of understanding with UNEP on enhancing South-South cooperation in addressing climate change, and worked with the World Bank to launch the Global Environment Facility project "Promoting the Development of Chinese Clean, Green and Low-Carbon Cities through International Cooperation".

Actively participating in relevant international conferences and initiatives. China attended the related conferences of Green Climate Fund, Adaptation Fund, and Technology Executive Committee under the UNFCCC, and participated in the global methane initiatives and the activities held by R20 international and regional climate action organizations and other multilateral organizations to fully draw on international experience. It actively put into practice the related cooperation with the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, held seminars and actively carried out international cooperation.

(III) Deepening the Cooperation with Developing Countries

The Chinese government actively promoted South-South cooperation in addressing climate change, presented low-carbon energy-saving products to developing countries, organized training courses on climate change, and doubled the assistance to developing countries. Since 2014, NDRC, working along with MOFA and MOC, actively promoted the signing of the memorandum of understanding with Maldives, Bolivia, Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Antigua and Barbuda, Ghana, Barbados, Myanmar, Pakistan, and expanded the category of free-offered products according to the needs of developing countries; held 15 sessions of training courses on climate change and green development, which cultivated more than 600 officials, experts and technical personnel for developing countries in the field of climate change. It expanded the category of free-offered products according to the needs of developing countries, and provided Bolivia with much-needed weather monitoring and warning devices. It continued to strengthen the consultation mechanisms of "Basic Countries" and "Like Minded Developing Countries", strengthened dialogues and communications with developing countries, and carried out pragmatic cooperation. Since 2014, the Chinese government carried out pragmatic cooperation with nearly 100 developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America in the field of emergency relief, satellite weather monitoring and clean energy development, and undertook more than 100 technical cooperation and emergency relief projects to tackle climate change; it held in China more than 130 sessions of training on climate change and green development, which cultivated nearly 3,500 officials, experts and technical personnel for developing countries in the field of climate change.

(IV) Preparing South-South Cooperation Fund for Addressing Climate Change

In September 2014, Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, as a special envoy of President Xi Jinping, announced on the UN climate summit in New York that China would vigorously promote South-South cooperation to address climate change, double the existing annual financial support from 2015, and set up South-South Cooperation Fund for addressing climate change. China has provided $ 6 million to support the UN Secretary General to promote South-South cooperation to address climate change. To put into practice the solemn commitment China made to the international community, NDRC worked actively with MOFA and MF to set up South-South Cooperation Fund for addressing climate change and increase the support for other developing countries.