The meeting on national science and technology program addressing climate change for the Twelfth-Five-Year Plan period was held on September 25, Beijing. CPPCC Vice Chairman, Minister of MOST and Head of the initiative WAN Gang addressed the event. The Administrator of China Meteorological Administration ZHENG Guoguang, Deputy Chief of State Forestry Administration LI Yucai and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Academy of Engineering XU Rigan were also present.

Chaired by Vice Minister of MOST LIU Yanhua and attended by over 120 experts, the meeting marked a formal initiation of China’s efforts in addressing climate change through scientific measures during the Twelfth-Five-Year Plan period.