"China and France agreed on Monday to push for long-term monitoring of a U.N. accord to combat climate change due in Paris next month by reviewing cuts in greenhouse gas emissions every five years.

Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed the timetable with summit host French President Francois Hollande, who is visiting China, as part of a joint plan to put the world economy "onto a low-carbon path in the course of this century".

Top greenhouse gas emitter China agreed with France to stock-taking "every five years and in a comprehensive manner of overall progress made toward reaching the agreed long-term goals" in Paris, a joint statement said."

Megha Rajagopalan and Alister Doyle report for Reuters November 2, 2015. [2]