The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change （IPCC） releases its assessment reports every five years，which provides the latest scientific insight into climate change since the previous round of assessment reports. This paper analyses China’s current research contribution and influence in the field of climate change based on the references cited in the chapters of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report （AR6），with a focus on citations where the first author is a Chinese author （Chinese citations）. The results show that in IPCC AR6，the number and proportion of Chinese citations has increased significantly. From the perspective of the distribution of Chinese citations，the number of Chinese citations in working Group I is significantly higher than that in working Group II and III. The number of Chinese citations in the “Asia” section is the most concentrated，accounting for 24.6%，indicating that China has the most prominent influence in this field. Chinese scholars should pay more attention to climate change research on regions outside Asia，and strengthen research on climate change in cross-cutting areas such as socio-economic and ecological environment.