BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- China will host a round of United Nations climate change talks in Tianjin in mid-October, the first for the country, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Tuesday.
The planned meeting in the Chinese port city will be the final one before the major UN climate change summit near the end of the year, Qin said.
Earlier this week, the state-controlled China Daily reported that China would host a meeting in Tianjin.
The 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference is scheduled to be held between Nov. 29 and Dec. 10 in Cancun, Mexico.
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