Facts have proved that prosperity at the expense of the environment is very superficial and very weak. It's only delaying disaster.

Facts have proved that prosperity at the expense of the environment is only delaying disaster. We cannot passively protect our environment by simply stopping economic development.

The result would be terrible if incidents happened in these factories.

If environmental protection efforts continue to lag behind economic growth, pollution will become even more rampant.

I hope monitoring cross-border rivers is just a beginning of the two countries' co-operation on environmental protection. China and Russia need to jointly develop comprehensive environmental protection.

What we are aiming for is achieving coordinated economic social development and environmental protection while putting emphasis on environmental protection.