"The Paris conference is not the finishing line, but a new starting point, as an important part of global governance."
Paris is known as the City of Light and commuters over the past year will have noticed that railway and metro stations there have become much brighter.
President Xi Jinping's attendance at the climate change conference in Paris demonstrates China's proactive approach to its role on the global stage, said Bernard Dewit, chairman of the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce since 1996.
China has made impressive efforts in combating climate change, according to the head of the European Parliament's China delegation.
What can be accomplished with a stay of less than 24 hours in Paris?
China firmly supports French efforts in hosting the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris, President Xi Jinping told his French counterpart Francois Hollande on Sunday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed on Monday to enhance cooperation on fight against terrorism.
President Xi Jinping left Paris on Monday evening after attending the opening ceremony of the UN climate change conference.
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Paris Climate Conference – Opening speech by M. François Hollande, President of the Republic
President Xi Jinping said the United Nations climate conference is "not a finishing line, but a new starting point" as an important part of global governance.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's signed article, which was published in leading Zimbabwean newspapers The Herald and The Sunday Mail, has become a hot topic in Zimbabwe.