Building a forest with financial support from Guangdong will improve the ecological environment along the river's upper reaches and it should become an effective way in the long term to fight against salt tides.

Rainwater cannot not be effectively stored as a result of the worsening ecological system, thus it is urgent to build a forest that will help store rainwater.

Water diversion is only a short-term measure to curb salt tides, as it will be forced to stop if there is not sufficient water in the river's upper reaches.

Even in the current environment, for foreign startups to compete, is very tough. It may be more difficult for us, the [accounting] changes are fundamentally for the worse, but [the infrastructure] is still here, it's established.

I want to tell mayors, county chiefs and heads of big companies: don't just chase GDP growth; don't chase the biggest profits at the expense of our children and grandchildren and at the cost of sacrificing our ecological environment.

What we've come up with is a plan to support development that is sustainable and promotes a pedestrian environment.