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China will not allow its carbon dioxide emissions per person to reach levels seen in the US, according to the minister in charge of climate policy.

Chinese per-capita emissions may reach US levels by 2017, a recent study said.

But because its population is so much bigger, its per-capita emissions are currently much lower – but rising fast.

An analysis released last month by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) put China’s annual emissions at 6.8 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person, compared to the US figure of 16.9 tonnes – although other analyses put the US figure higher, around 20 tonnes.

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