Trading up on carbon for a greener future in China

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Trading up on carbon for a greener future in China

China lifted nearly a billion people out of poverty with an industrial transformation unrivaled in the modern age.

But it was achieved with considerable cost to its environment. 

Now, Beijing is aiming to not just cut emissions but become a carbon neutral country with an equally dramatic transformation into a green economy.

CGTN’s Owen Fairclough reports.