China's efforts to make globalization green
To the environmentally conscious, the recent comments by China's leaders are encouraging.
At the just-concluded 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), CPC Central Committee General Secretary Hu Jintao called on the Party to build an "ecological civilization" while reiterating the Scientific Outlook on Development, which features putting people first and ensuring comprehensive, harmonious and sustainable development.
At the 15th Economic Leaders' Informal Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Sydney, Australia, in September, Hu, in his capacity as president of China, put forward an initiative to set up an Asia-Pacific Network on Forest Rehabilitation and Sustainable Management in order to better tackle global problems presented by climate change.