Wen: world should join hands to deal with climate change

DALIAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- All countries in the world should make joint efforts to deal with the climate change, as this is the common challenge facing mankind, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Thursday, when delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2009 Summer Davos.

"Each and every country, enterprise and individual should assume a due share of responsibility in meeting the challenge," Wen said.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao applauses before  addressing the opening plenary of the Annual  Meeting of the New Champions 2009, or the Summer  Davos, in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning  Province, Sept. 10, 2009. (Xinhua/Ren Yong)

China takes this issue very seriously. The country has developed the national program on tackling climate change, increased resources for scientific research and taken aggressive steps to adjust the industrial structure with a view to saving energy and reducing pollutants, he said.

Official figures showed that through three years of efforts, China's energy consumption per unit of the gross domestic product (GDP) has dropped 10 percent, and SO2 and COD emissions declined 9 percent and 6.6 percent respectively.