The Chinese government's efforts to cope with the global change are outlined. The following topics are included: (1) global climate change, including setting up historic climate data bank, developments of the model for prediction of climate change, inauguration of the inventory of CO2 emission sources, influence of methane emission from paddy fields to climate change, climate change observation and greenhouse gas monitoring throughout the country; (2) protection of biological diversity, of which serious loss is caused by human activity, such as biological resources exploration; (3) research on acid precipitation; and (4) stratospheric ozone layer protection, including active part played by Chinese government in the montreal protocol on ozone depleting substances.