On 15th November 2012, the third “International Workshop on Black Carbon: Impacts and Control Strategies” was held in Beijing, supported by the Energy Foundation and organized by Tsinghua University. Both international and domestic experts participated in this workshop, where in-depth discussions on black carbon’s climate and health impacts, its emissions and potential control strategies, along with the remaining scientific uncertainties. This report delivers a summary of scientific studies and control measures and policies on black carbon in China based on the third “International Workshop on Black Carbon: Impacts and Control Strategies”. The conclusions are:

1. Increase awareness of black carbon to encourage the formulation of control measures.
2. Black carbon related research requires further advancement, particularly on the black carbon emission inventory.
3. Control black carbon emissions to adhere to climate-friendly environmental protection strategy