China will introduce new incentives to cut pollution and carbon emissions this year, but flexibility and stability remain the country's top priorities as economic pressures mount.
Much of northern China remained blanketed under sand and dust on Wednesday although the worst sandstorm recorded in a decade was expected to gradually settle from Thursday as cold and wet weather fronts moved in.
China and global cities are rising to the climate change challenge: the world must follow
China, the world's largest single energy consumer and greenhouse gas emitter, set ambitious emissions reduction goals and met them three years early.