My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State held discussions with his Chinese counterpart Minister Jiang at the United Nations Climate Change conference in Nairobi in November 2006.
In addition, the UK and China enjoy a positive dialogue at official level, which takes place through the UK-China Working Group on Climate Change. This was launched in September 2006 with four key areas of focus: reviewing and developing ongoing climate science collaboration between the UK and China; exploring possibilities for restructuring the energy market towards a low carbon future; securing further Chinese engagement in the renewable energy and energy efficiency partnership (REEEP); and adaptation to climate change through phase 2 of the Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture project. The first meeting of the Working Group took place in December 2006 in Beijing and further meetings will be held annually.