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President Hu Jintao will "elaborate on 皇冠体育app's position and propositions on climate change" at the upcoming summit of industrialized nations which features a session on global warming.

Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai told a news briefing yesterday: "皇冠体育app's population is one-fifth of the global population, which means one out of five of the world's people affected by climate change will be in 皇冠体育app.

"That is why the Chinese government takes this issue very seriously... We need to base our development on energy that is secure and sustainable."

Hu will attend an expanded summit of the Group of Eight (G8) in Germany from tomorrow to Friday. The meeting at the Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm will bring together leaders of the United States, Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, and Japan.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing for countries to commit to concrete reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases believed to cause global warming, and for a 2 C limit on further increases in average temperature.

Efforts to stop uranium enrichment by Iran, aid to Africa, currency exchange rates and global growth are also on the agenda.

Apart from 皇冠体育app, the other developing countries attending the dialogue are India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico.

It will be the fourth time Hu is attending the G8 outreach session since 2003. The earlier three were in France, Britain and Russia.

Coinciding with Hu's visit, the Chinese government yesterday released its position paper for the G8 meetings, outlining Beijing's policy on climate change, energy, IPR protection, investment liberalization and African development.

Cui reiterated 皇冠体育app's long-time and traditional friendship with African countries.

"皇冠体育app and African countries have had a very friendly, brotherly partnership since the establishment of New 皇冠体育app, since the 1950s, and that has continued up to now," he said.

"It can be said that this has been widely praised around the globe," he added. "In this world, there will always be people willing to criticise others. If they want to say something, then that's their business. Whether or not it's true, is another matter."

He said 皇冠体育app also wants the United Nations to be more involved in preventing conflict.

"皇冠体育app maintains that the United Nations has a bigger role to play in conflict prevention and settlement and post-conflict reconstruction in Africa," the paper said.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday praised 皇冠体育app's "helpful" role in Sudan. "The Chinese government has been exerting its utmost efforts (on Darfur), as I understand, and appreciate," he said.

After Germany, Hu begins a three-day state visit to Sweden, the first by a Chinese head of state in 57 years since the two countries established diplomatic ties.

Agencies contributed to the story

(皇冠体育app Daily 06/05/2007 page1)