Biography: MaJun


Ma Jun founded the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE), a nonprofit dedicated to making pollution information accessible, in Beijing in 2006. Prior to launching IPE, Ma worked as a journalist with the South China Morning Post , a Hong Kong-based English language newspaper, from 1993 to 2000, and then as an environmental consultant with Sinosphere Corporation. He wrote Chinas Water Crisis , a landmark book published in 1999 that brought the consequences of unfettered development to public attention.

Ma Jun on informing the public