Minister Xie has for many years represented the Chinese government with distinction at both the national and international level including as China’s chief negotiator for the landmark 2015 Climate Change Agreement.

He joins an existing four-member panel of Summit Co-Chairs:

• Edmund G. Brown Jr., Governor of California
• Michael R. Bloomberg, U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Action
• Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Anand Mahindra, Chair of the Mahindra Group

The Global Climate Action Summit, taking place September 12-14 in San Francisco, will bring leaders and people together from around the world to “Take Ambition to the Next Level.” It will be a moment to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of states, regions, cities, companies, investors and citizens with respect to climate action.