"Some state-owned enterprise (SOE) directors have colluded with foreign forces to trade national assets in return for huge bribes. We will fight such practices resolutely."

Hao Mingjin, Vice Minister of Supervision, discussing ongoing efforts to uncover corruption in SOEs

"Lack of animal welfare protection will impede our efforts to curb acts of animal abuse such as catching and killing animals or making them perform for entertainment purposes."

Yang Zhaoxia, deputy head of the Ecological Law Research Center of Beijing Forestry University, pointing out that animal welfare will be legally recognized for the first time in China in an upcoming revision of the country's wildlife protection law

"In future, we hope to perfect our water supply facilities through more cooperation between Guangdong and Macao. This includes the completion of a fourth water supply pipe."

Wong Soi Man, Director of Macao's Marine and Water Bureau, speaking at a recent press conference about collaboration with the mainland to meet the special administrative region's freshwater needs

"China's decision on foreign aid projects adheres to strict standards."

Shen Danyang, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, saying that China has taken the development strategies of recipient nations into consideration when providing foreign assistance, on December 16