In international climate change negotiations, China’s role is an issue of perennial concern. In particular, the lack of … quantitative, absolute emissions commitments from China has been the focus. In line with changing domestic and international … contexts, China is recalibrating its stance and strategy. Its participation in international climate change negotiations has …

China's unilateral pledge to cut its carbon intensity by 40-45 percent by 2020 relative to its 2005 levels raises both … the stringency issue, and given that China's pledge is in the form of carbon intensity, reliability issues concerning … China's statistics on energy and GDP. Moreover, as long as China's commitments differ in form from those of other major …

To achieve the commitments to both carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, China should focus on those policies of … regions with low levels of development and technology in China. …