China ready to push for 'fair' Copenhagen: Foreign Minister

SINGAPORE: China is willing to work with other participants at the UN-sponsored climate change summit to be held in Copenhagen next month to reach a "fair and reasonable" outcome, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said yesterday.

Speaking at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ministerial meeting, Yang said China hopes to see balanced and positive results on climate change mitigation, adaptation, financing and technology support, four aspects of coordinated efforts outlined by the 2007 UN Climate Change Conference held in Bali, Indonesia.

Yang said China hopes the Copenhagen conference will push for the comprehensive, effective and sustainable implementation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol.