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This research was supported by the Key Supporting Project of Ministry of Science and Technology of P.R. China (2007BAC28B04, 2008BAJ10B03-5) and the Guangdong Sci-Tech Planning Project (07118249). Although the research described in this article has been funded in part by the above-mentioned agencies, it has not been subjected to the Agencies’ required peer and policy review and, therefore, does not necessarily reflect the views of the agencies and no official endorsement should be inferred. We thank Prof Bruce Jaffee for polishing the English.
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Li, P., Huang, Z., Ren, H. et al. The Evolution of Environmental Management Philosophy Under Rapid Economic Development in China. AMBIO 40, 88–92 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0090-8
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