At COP 31 Han Zheng calls on developed countries to reduce emissions

Vice President Han Zheng has called on developed countries to take

the lead in reducing emissions and fulfill their climate finance promises

at the United Nations climate conference, or COP 31 in Turkey.

Han is among many world leaders at the Antalya venue to start formal

discussions, hoping to agree on concrete actions to curb global warming.

The vice president also said it is necessary to promote the free flow

of high-quality green technology and products and promote

the transformation and upgrading of the economy and the industrial structure.

The annual summit follows a year of deadly floods, heat waves and other

disasters.

The United States, the world's second-largest polluter, is absent

from the summit for the second consecutive year.