Climate change making China's summer hotter

Global warming continues to make China hotter and wetter, experts and the latest Blue Book on Climate Change in China said on Wednesday.

Xiao Chan, deputy director of the National Climate Center, said at a news conference that so far this year, the high-temperature comprehensive intensity is the third strongest since 1961, weaker only to 2013 and 2017.

The intensity is assessed by average temperature, influence range and duration.