The report, China’s Role in Promoting Global Forest Governance and Combating Deforestation, provides insights into the many ways China can step up on global leadership in combating commodity-driven deforestation, also challenges some of the traditionally held myths among experts and professional networks in China. As the presidency of UN CBD COP15, the country is expected to take more concrete actions in the coming phase II meeting in December 2022 and contribute to the global development goals.