To strengthen the external work on climate change, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently established a steering team for the external work on climate change, with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi serving as the head, and Vice Foreign Minister Wu Daiwei and Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai as deputy heads. The team consists of members from the Department of Treaty and Law, Department of Policy Planning, Department of Asian Affairs, Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, Department of African Affairs, Department European-Central Asian Affairs, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, and the Information Department. The daily operation of the team shall be handled by the Department of Treaty and Law.

The Ministry in the same time decided to set up the position of special representative for negotiations on climate change, who will organize and participate international negotiations on climate change. Yu Qingtai, former Ambassador of China to Tanzania, was appointed as the special representative.

The Ministry also decided to establish an office on climate change on the basis of the Division of International Environmental Laws under the Department of Treaty and Law, which will take charge of the daily operation of the steering team and undertake relevant coordination and investigation tasks.