China's green development efforts and achievements drew wide attention at the ongoing 31st meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which opened on Monday in Antalya, Türkiye.
On the summit's opening day at the China Pavilion, a side event with the theme "Ecological Civilization and the Beautiful China Practice" showcased the country's initiatives on developing high-quality eco-cultural tourism routes. It explored how cultural tourism can help people experience the fruitful results of ecological governance while encouraging greener, lower-carbon lifestyles.
"It's been quite amazing to learn how China is leading some great internal efforts on bringing back nature into cities, in redesigning economies as well, that are based also on adaptation measures," said Djian Sadadou, head of International Relations and Communications at the Office for Climate Education under United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
"You set the standards for best practices. So what I see and what I'm inspired by is I have seen lots of things that we can learn from the projects I have seen today," said Sinan Seha Turkseven, director general of the Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency.
Throughout the summit which runs until November 20, the China Pavilion will host over 40 side events and special activities on topics such as ecological civilization, markets and finance, South-South cooperation and new energy, sharing China's proposals and achievements in tackling climate change to the world.
"Not only China's contribution to international efforts, but in China all the measures taken like green energy and in other fields are the tremendous contribution to climate change," said Mevlut Cavusoglu, former Turkish Foreign Minister.
COP31, with a focus on translating global climate commitments into concrete action, has brought together representatives from nearly 200 countries and regions around the world.
China's achievements in green development win global praise at COP31 summit
