Abstract: It is a consensus of international society to promote the development of low carbon economy in order to face the challenges of climate change. The challenges and opportunities and some action suggestions for Chinese energy-intensive enterprises in the background of developing low carbon economy have been elaborated in this paper. Chinese energy-intensive enterprises should take efficient measures to face the challenges of climate change and make use of the historic chance of developing low carbon economy to take the position of strategic advantage in future competition and to realize their sustainable development.

Key words: energy-intensive enterprise, climate change, challenge, opportunity, action suggestion