Superstar climate diplomat leaves center stage

COP28 the closing act for Xie Zhenhua in a role he had played since 2007. Hou Liqiang reports.

Xie Zhenhua was like a COP28 superstar, often finding himself surrounded by a crowd at the United Nations climate change conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

People greeted the veteran Chinese climate diplomat everywhere he went, and he would respond with a smile, nodding his head.

The 74-year-old was busy. Aside from participating in the COP28 agenda's many multilateral conferences, he also addressed many sessions at the China pavilion and elsewhere.