In the opening session of the 19th Communist Party congress, president Xi Jinping pointed it out that by “taking a driving seat in international cooperation to respond to climate change, China has become an important participant, contributor, and torchbearer in the global endeavor for ecological civilization.” Public participation is vital to address climate change. In order to understand public awareness and attitudes of climate change definition, impacts and related policies in time, Energy Foundation China supported the China Center for Climate Change Communication to carry out the second national survey on the Chinese public awareness of climate change. Survey results was released in the report Climate Change in the Chinese Mind 2017. The report presents comprehensively the latest public perception and attitudes towards climate change and related policies. It shows that the Chinese public has a high degree of awareness of climate change. People strongly support the Chinese government’s relevant policies to implement the Paris Agreement, and its work to promote international cooperation on climate change. It could also help policymakers formulate policies in a more rational way, and provide data reference to various stakeholders such as enterprises, NGOs, and research institutions in designing and conducting related work.