# Does the Chinese government have an official position on Climate Change?

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**Created:** [January 14, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-chinese-government-have-an-official-position-on-climate-change/524974 "2010-01-14T19:55:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-chinese-government-have-an-official-position-on-climate-change/524974/1 "2010-01-14T19:55:50Z")

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I’m not asking about their strategy, who they blame, etc. I’m just curious if the government has come out and said, “The science is in. Climate change is real and man-made.”

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**Author:** ![pan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@pan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pan1)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-chinese-government-have-an-official-position-on-climate-change/524974/2 "2010-01-14T22:11:12Z")

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China signed the Copenhagen Accord (last month) - not only signed but participated in drafting it.

One of the statements of the accord is:  
Recognises that “deep cuts in global emissions are required according to science” (IPCC AR4) and agrees cooperation in peaking (stopping from rising) global and national greenhouse gas emissions “as soon as possible” and that “a low-emission development strategy is indispensable to sustainable development”