THIS WEEK PEOPLE

“Currently， the biggest factor hindering the combat of air pollution caused by vehicle emissions is the scarcity of high-quality fuel. Domestically refined fuel has failed to keep up with vehicle development.”

He Kebin， a professor of environmental science and engineering and the Executive Dean of Tsinghua University’s graduate school， on September 13

“Print is dying， but children’s books are still popular. Many profit-driven publishers rush into the market without the slightest consideration for quality.”

Zhao Ping， a children’s publishing industry insider in Shanghai， in response to a circular released by the Central Government on September 12， which called for stricter supervision on reading material for children， in both print and digital media

“Hong Kong doesn’t need Britain or any other country’s help in carrying out political reform. The region has the determination to elect its top leader by universal suffrage in 2017 and reform its political system on its own.”

Leung Chun Ying， Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region， on September 15

“In the process of China’s reform and opening up， the twin track system in certain areas has sustained stable economic growth， but at the same time has caused much social discontent. Therefore， an important task of China’s future economic reform should be eliminating such a system.”

Justin Yifu Lin， former chief economist and senior vice president of the World Bank， at a private economy forum held in Jilin Province

FALLEN BLOGGER

Xue Biqun， a 60-year-old micro-blogger known as Xue Manzi on Sina Weibo， a Twitter-like blogging service， was detained for alleged group sex with prostitutes. His detention sent ripples across Chinese cyberspace as he was a star blogger with 12 million followers. The Chinese American issued about 85，000 posts via his Weibo account， including unverified information later proved to be rumors， while also posting various advertisements to make money. Police said they are investigating many netizen reports that Xue’s activities on the Internet involved crimes.

PROFESSOR IN VILLAGE

Yu Jianrong， a professor at the Rural Development Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences， has been named assistant of the local committee director at a village in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. He is considered to set an example for Chinese scholars by choosing to work at the grassroots. Yu， 51， was elected as one of the nine most outstanding Internet figures by over 300，000 netizens in 2010. In 2011， he launched an online movement to fight child abduction.