Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Ratifying the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Country/Territory China Document type Miscellaneous Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Climate change Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract The twenty-second meeting of the twelfth session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress made the decision on ratifying the Paris Agreement which sets out a global action plan to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change. The Agreement was signed by the representative of the People's Republic of China on April 22, 2016 in New York. The agreement is due to enter into force in 2020. Full text Chinese Website www.npc.gov.cn