Chinese President Xi Jinping (C), U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon attend the deposit of instruments of joining the Paris Agreement in Hangzhou, capital city of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 3, 2016. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

September 4, 2016

"The presidents of China and the United States met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Saturday in Hangzhou to deliver their countries' instruments of joining the Paris climate pact.

Ban said that the joint move by China and the United States was significant and the contribution paved the way for the early entry into force of the Paris Agreement, the new framework for the world to achieve sustainable development.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said that climate change concerns the well-being and future of humanity. The Paris Agreement has charted the course for post-2020 global cooperation against climate change, indicating that a cooperative, win-win, equitable and fair climate governance mechanism is taking shape."

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