In America, you complain about job losses because of China, but here, we carry all of the environmental costs.
— Ma Jun
One thing most people would agree is that climate change would add further uncertainties to our already quite tight water supply situation in China.
I know the government needs to ensure economic growth... we just hope it takes care of the environment, too.
We copied laws and regulations from western countries, but enforcement remains weak, and environmental litigation is still quite near impossible.
I hope to see an integrated solution created to deal with both the local pollution problem and the global climate change problem.
In China we need to do our own part to try to combat global climate change.
Brands who come to China, often they just care about price - so they actually drive the suppliers to cut corners on environmental standards to win a contract.
We firmly believe the environmental issues cannot be addressed without extensive public participation, but people need to be informed before they can get involved.
Some of the areas in China have been under very grave water scarcity: for example, the north China plain; they are facing a very serious water shortage. Per capita levels have dropped to very serious levels, including in Beijing.
China has leapfrogged into this information age, and Web users have grown very significantly, which knocked down the cost of doing the environmental transparency.
I hope they can see that as a consumer, if they express themselves, they may make an impact and leverage their impact on the brands, and the brands can leverage their buying power on tens of thousands of polluters - suppliers - in China.
