If these reforms are not trumped by efforts to maintain high growth at all costs, the region could not only clean itself up while continuing to prosper, but could also establish a model for all of China. Nothing is more necessary in a country that, according to the United Nations Development Program, contains 16 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities.
如果这些改革的努力不被不惜任何代价保持高发展的观念所埋没的话，这个地区不但可以在保持繁荣的同时维持自身的清洁，而且可以为整个中国树立样板。对于这个根据联合公司发展计划的统计，在全世界20个污染最严重的城市中占了16个的国家来说，没有比这更迫切需要的东西了。