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1st LD: Chinese premier announces self-imposed targets on emission cuts

Xinhua, June 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced Tuesday in Paris that Beijing has formulated a document about its voluntary actions on cutting emissions and submitted it to the UN Climate Change Secretariat.

Li, who is paying an official visit to France, made the announcement while meeting with French President Francois Hollande.

Among the self-imposed targets are to have China's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions peak around 2030 or even earlier and to reduce its CO2 emissions per unit of GDP by 60 percent to 65 percent from the 2005 level. Endi