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2024 was China's hottest year on record: weather agency

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The average national temperature for 2024 was 10.92 degrees Celsius ( 51.66 Fahrenheit ), 1.03 degrees higher than average.

The United Nations said in a year-end message on Monday that 2024 was set to be the warmest year ever recorded worldwide.

China is the leading emitter of the greenhouse gases scientists say are driving global warming.

Beijing has pledged that carbon dioxide emissions will peak by 2030 and be brought to net zero by 2060 .

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