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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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Environmental agencies in China are hamstrung by local officials who put economic growth ahead of environmental protection; even the courts are beholden to local officials, and they are not open to environmental litigation.

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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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There is a growing recognition of the importance of really bringing pollution under control.

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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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China is bearing the environmental cost for much of the world because China is the factory of the world.

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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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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Environmentalist

Born: May 22nd, 1968

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