China will earnestly fulfill its commitment to the international community in curbing global warming as the country is seeking sustainable development, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said yesterday.

"China, as one of the developing countries suffering from climate change, pays great attention to this issue," Li told a press conference held on the sidelines of the annual session of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature.

The international community has already formulated the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, which established the fundamental principles for developed and developing countries in coping with climate change, including the fundamental principle of "common but differentiated responsibility," according to Li.

China has set a target to put the emissions of greenhouse gas under control and reduce energy consumption during the 2006-2010 period.

"This will be China's contribution to resolving the issue of global climate change," said Li.

To reach this goal, Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan announced on January 29 that China will close and suspend small power generating units with a total annual capacity of 50 million kilowatts in four years.

"At present, China's per capita carbon dioxide emission from fossil fuel burning is less than one-sixth that of some big countries. The emission is partly caused by the relocation of international industries along with economic globalization," said the foreign minister.

At the opening of the NPC session on Monday, Premier Wen Jiabao said the government will meet energy saving and pollution control targets between 2006 and 2010 despite last year' s setback.

China's energy consumption per unit of GDP in 2006 dropped 1.2 percent, while sulfur dioxide emissions rose 1.8 percent, falling short of the targets set at the beginning of last year to cut energy consumption per GDP unit by four percent and discharge of major pollutants by two percent.

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CHINA will earnestly fulfill its commitment to the international community in curbing global warming as the country is seeking sustainable development, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said yesterday.

"China, as one of the developing countries suffering from climate change, pays great attention to this issue," Li told a press conference held on the sidelines of the annual session of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature.

The international community has already formulated the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, which established the fundamental principles for developed and developing countries in coping with climate change, including the fundamental principle of "common but differentiated responsibility," according to Li.

China has set a target to put the emissions of greenhouse gas under control and reduce energy consumption during the 2006-2010 period.

"This will be China's contribution to resolving the issue of global climate change," said Li.

To reach this goal, Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan announced on January 29 that China will close and suspend small power generating units with a total annual capacity of 50 million kilowatts in four years.

"At present, China's per capita carbon dioxide emission from fossil fuel burning is less than one-sixth that of some big countries. The emission is partly caused by the relocation of international industries along with economic globalization," said the foreign minister.

At the opening of the NPC session on Monday, Premier Wen Jiabao said the government will meet energy saving and pollution control targets between 2006 and 2010 despite last year' s setback.

China's energy consumption per unit of GDP in 2006 dropped 1.2 percent, while sulfur dioxide emissions rose 1.8 percent, falling short of the targets set at the beginning of last year to cut energy consumption per GDP unit by four percent and discharge of major pollutants by two percent.