Chinese - Environmentalist | May 22, 1968 -
What we aim to do, through public pressure, is help the environment protection bureau to enforce the law.
Ma Jun
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While cheap products are exported to western countries, the waste is dumped mostly in China's back yard, contaminating its air, water, soil and seas.
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China should cut heavy industries' share in gross domestic output by 9 percentage points between 2013 and 2030 to meet its pollution cuts target.
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Regulatory failings mean that the cost of breaking the law is far below that of obeying it - businesses are happier to pay fines than to control pollution.
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It has been shown that public participation can limit powerful interest groups, while competing interests can help find a reasonable balance between development and environmental protection.
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China's environmental conundrums will not be solved by changes within government alone. New mechanisms are needed to allow the communities which may be affected by a given plan, and citizens concerned about the environment, to join in.
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We must strictly enforce the Environmental Law, closing down the polluters that fail to meet the standards.
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It's true that hydropower exploitation can bring economic development, but not necessarily to the benefit of local people.
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China's energy is very much focused on coal, and the economy is very focused on heavy industry, which is carbon intensive, so restructuring won't be easy.
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To deal with local pollution, China has put on the agenda the capping of coal, which has long been a sensitive issue.
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We're manufacturing to meet the demands of our own people but, in the meantime, for the entire world as well, and that definitely put a lot of extra pressure on our environment.
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Urban residents, most of them middle class, have a much better sense of their environmental rights, and they're willing to take to the streets.
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