China is stepping up efforts to address the climate crisis with other nations. With goals to reach peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, China faces historic challenges. What contribution has China made to tackling global climate change in recent years? What are the likely challenges China would face in achieving carbon neutrality by 2060? We invite Qi Ye, a professor of environmental policy and management at Tsinghua University, to share his thoughts.