Ma Jun’s career from environmental warrior to Government advisor, illustrates that China is increasingly accepting NGO activity and taking advice on green issues seriously.  Wikipedia describes Ma Jun  as a  Chinese environmentalist, non-fiction writer, environmental consultant and journalist.  From 1993 – 2000 he worked as an investigative journalist for the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) becoming bureau chief for the paper in Beijing.  In 1999 he wrote “China’s Water Crisis” which outlined the most serious problem affecting China today.  Pressed by his readers he  set up the influential NGO, IPE (Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs) to try and help solve the problem.  For his futuristic thinking, Time magazine named Ma Jun as one of the world’s 100 most influential people in 2006. (more…)