Quotable

"It's impossible to charge for air. The real meaning of the nationalization of natural resources is centralizing management of resource exploitation, to avoid repetitive construction and to make natural resource shared."

Zheng guoguang, director of the China Meteorological Administration, expressing in a recent TV program his support of "nationalizing wind and solar energy in Heilongjiang province". On June 14, Heilongjiang released a draft regulation stipulating that energy companies must get approval from meteorological officials before exploiting wind and solar energy resources.