The Baihetan hydropower station, the world's second-largest in terms of total installed capacity, goes fully operational in the upper section of the Yangtze River in southwest China, according to China Three Gorges Corporation. Its operation marked the completion of the world's largest clean energy corridor. (PHOTO: XINHUA)

Edited by WANG Xiaoxia

"A sound ecosystem is essential for the prosperity of civilization. We must work together to promote harmonious co-existence between man and Nature, build a community of all life on Earth, and create a clean and beautiful world for us all", said Chinese President Xi Jinping on December 15, while addressing via videolink the opening ceremony of the high-level segment of the second part of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), held in Canada's Montreal.

Holding the rotating presidency of COP15, China has promoted the building of more consensus to protect nature. All parties are required to agree on an ambitious but also realistic post-2020 global biodiversity framework as scheduled, to bring real change to the current situation.

China has made active efforts to promote ecological progress and biodiversity protection as well as finding a way of biodiversity protection with Chinese characteristics.

Meanwhile, China advocated coordinated efforts to address climate change, biodiversity loss and other global challenges.

Through the Belt and Road Initiative International Green Development Coalition and the Kunming Biodiversity Fund, China promised to support and assist fellow developing countries, and leverage the Global Development Initiative (GDI) to deliver greater benefits to people of all countries.

"When in the year 2030, both developed countries and developing countries find their goals and commitments being fulfilled, we can call it a real success," said Huang Runqiu, COP15 president and China's minister of ecology and environment.