Ma Jun
Ma Jun
Ma Jun, courtesy name Deheng, was a Chinese mechanical engineer and government official during the Three Kingdoms era of China. His most notable invention was that of the south-pointing chariot, a directional compass vehicle which actually had no magnetic function, but was operated by use of differential gears. It is because of this revolutionary devicethat Ma Jun is known as one of the most brilliant mechanical engineers and inventors of his day. The device was re-invented by many after Ma...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionEnvironmentalist
Date of Birth22 May 1968
CountryChina
We firmly believe the environmental issues cannot be addressed without extensive public participation, but people need to be informed before they can get involved.
What we aim to do, through public pressure, is help the environment protection bureau to enforce the law.
With its imagination and large sales, Apple has become the world's most valuable IT company. However people are starting to have doubts regarding Apple's silence on heavy metal pollution problems.
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.
The government and central bank are determined to tighten and if they don't see the target being met, there could be more measures coming.
To deal with local pollution, China has put on the agenda the capping of coal, which has long been a sensitive issue.
We want to use the environment to shift the way our society works.
It's true that hydropower exploitation can bring economic development, but not necessarily to the benefit of local people.
The objective is to slow down investment growth and loan growth which were higher than the targets set by the government. This won't be the only move and more administrative measures are likely to come.
The objective is to slow down investment growth and loan growth.
No matter how rich you are, you can't get healthy air.
Everyone knows the link between the environment and their own health.
Everyone else has some interest in economic growth and development, which often happens at the expense of the environment and community. We need the other side to join this to check and balance.
When I look at China's environmental problems, the real barrier is not lack of technology or money. It's lack of motivation.