Dr. Lin Jiabin, the deputy director of the department of social development research at the state council, on China's environmental policies and current Chinese efforts to address global warming.
When did you start addressing the issue of global warming, and how are you tackling it in China?
DR. LIN: We have made positive efforts to tackle it for about four or five years after the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held. At that time, the pressure on China increased in the midst of rising international concern over the issue. Two years ago, the Energy Saving and Emission Reduction Leading Group and the Global Warming Countermeasures Leading Group were organized in the central government to comprehensively confront global warming, with Chinese premier Wen Jiabao as the head and representatives of each ministry and agency as members.
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