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Introduction: Between 1999 and 2001, China experienced consecutive years of high temperatures and its average temperature rose. At the first China Climate Conference held last March, experts predicted that China’s climate would go on warming up over the next 50-100 years. What influences will this warming-up have on the Chinese environment? And what measures should be taken to reduce its destructiveness? A reporter for the Science Times recently interviewed Ding Yihui, special advisor on climate changes of Chinese Meteorological Administration and former co-chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), who is now engaged in study in this field. On reviewing all statistics at hand, he thinks that the warming climate has a great influence on Chinese environment, some of which are destructive, especially in sensitive and fragile areas. Therefore, China must take measures to prevent and solve the problem.