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China takes UN climate convention, Kyoto Protocol as basic framework in fighting climate change: minister

POZNAN, Poland, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese minister said here on Thursday that the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol should be taken as the basic legal framework for the world to cope with climate change.

Addressing a UN high-level meeting in the central Poland city of Poznan, Xie Zhenhua, minister and vice-director of China's National Development and Reform Commission, said the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol are documents reflecting global consensus, and have provided a basic legal framework for addressing climate change.

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