Adv. Clim. Change Res., 2006, 2 2 51-.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullO.null.nullO.nullOMMS.null P.null ADVANCES IN CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCHVol.2, No.2March, 2 0 0 6.null.null.nullnonmarkingreturn “ the adaptive actions to climate change should be incorporated into themedium- and long-term planning of national economic and social development. Because of lack of scientific researchand limit of understanding on climate change, there are still a lot of uncertainties for impact assessment ologyand results. Case studies should be strengthened, research aspects should be enlarged, and impacts assessment ofextreme weather/climate events should be enhanced to reduce the uncertainties and develop practical adaptive measuresto cope with climate change in China.Key words climate change in China; climate scenarios, impact assessment, adaptive measures, uncertainty 1 Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of AgriculturalSciences, Beijing 100081, China; 2 Institute of Quantitative 3 Water Ination Center, Ministry of Water Resources, Beijing 210093,China; 4 School of Ocean and Earth Science, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; 5 Institute of GeographicalSciences and Nature Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; 6 School ofPublic Health, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China; 7 Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences,Beijing 100012, China; 8 China Meteorological Administration, Beijng 100081, China; 9 China Institute arine Affairs, State Oceanic Administration, Beijing 100860, China; 10 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology andGeography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi Xinjiang 830011, China; 11 Institute of Mountain Hazardsand Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu Sichuan 610041, China; 12 National Climate Center,China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China; 13 Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environmentand Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China .null.null