Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday pledged China's continued efforts to work with other APEC members to build a clean, harmonious and dynamic Asia-Pacific region and ensure its sustainable future.
Hu made the remarks at the opening session of the two-day Economic Leaders Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum at Sydney Opera House.
The meeting, with the theme of "strengthening our community, building a sustainable future," focused on climate change and other issues at the first-day session.
To effectively tackle climate change, China follows the scientific thinking on development and takes resource conservation and environmental protection as a basic state policy, Hu told the gathering.
China is endeavoring to strike a balance among economic growth, population, resources and the environment.
"We are pursuing a sound development strategy that promotes production, makes life better for the people and protects the environment," he added.
"We have taken sustainable development as an important objective for China's economic and social development and incorporated policies to mitigate and adapt to climate change into the national plan for economic and social development so as to tackle climate change in a coordinated and holistic manner," he said.
China will give full play to the leading and basic role of scientific and technological innovation and will vigorously develop new and renewable energies, energy efficient technologies, carbon absorption technologies and various adaptation technologies, he said.
"We will launch a nation-wide publicity campaign on climate change to raise public awareness of energy efficiency and emission reduction, and encourage everyone to take action to help mitigate and adapt to climate change," said the Chinese president.
China will take an active part in negotiations within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and in the activities of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, and will promote international cooperation on the clean development mechanism and technology transfer, he said.
China is involved in the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate and other mechanisms and favors a supplementary role for them.
Before the start of the meeting, leaders of the APEC member economies posed for the traditional group photo.
Also on Saturday, the Chinese president participated in a dialogue between APEC economic leaders and representatives of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC).
The Chinese president arrived in Sydney from Canberra on Wednesday to attend the annual APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting. He has also paid a state visit to Australia.
The economic leaders' meetings event is the culmination of this year's annual APEC meetings, which also include the ministerial meeting, senior officials' meeting and a business summit.
Since its inception in 1989 in response to the growing interdependence among Asia-Pacific economies, APEC has played a vital role in making the Asia-Pacific region a driving force for world economic growth.
APEC currently has 21 members: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, China's Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam. The chairmanship rotates among its members.
Source: Xinhua
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