President Xi Jinping said the United Nations climate conference is "not a finishing line, but a new starting point" as an important part of global governance. [Special Coverage]
"The Paris conference should reject the narrow-minded mentality of a zero-sum game," said Xi, adding that the Paris climate conference should yield positive and practical results with a comprehensive, balanced, ambitious and binding agreement.
Xi said that tackling climate change is a shared mission for mankind and that global efforts on climate change are like a mirror reflecting for other countries a model for future global governance.