As part of an ongoing coverage of China's IPY Polar research projects and activities, SciencePoles recently interviewed Mr Qu Tanzhou, Director of the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAA) responsible for steering Chinese policy and scientific activities in the Polar Regions.

In this interview, Mr Qu discusses the planning and construction of China's third Antarctic station to be built in at Dome A, the culminating point of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

He also answers questions about Chinese Polar research and international collaborations in both the Arctic and the Antarctic during the IPY, as well as about the evolving Chinese perspective on global climate change.