The media and nongovernmental organizations are beginning to play a role in shaping China's environment protection policies as awareness of the costs of its rapid growth spreads among policymakers as well as the public, a group of Chinese journalists told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
They also called for increased cooperation from Japan and its companies to introduce more energy-saving technologies to help China balance its development needs with efforts to combat global warming.
Huang Jijun, an editor at China Environment News, told the May 18 event that interest in environmental issues has been spreading among the Chinese public over the past decade or so.