China will agree to participate in a legally binding treaty on climate change after 2020 under certain conditions, a senior Chinese official said in Durban Monday.
China is still a developing country, and other countries should respect a founding principle of the existing agreements that recognizes wealthy nations must do more since they are responsible for most of the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change, said Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission of China.
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