The World Fellows

Founding Director, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs

Ma Jun is one of China's leading environmentalists, having started his career in the mid-1990s writing for the South China Morning Post. He is the author of the acclaimed book, China's Water Crisis, a landmark study of the water challenges in all seven major water basins in China. An environmental consultant, Ma founded and has directed since 2006 the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs. He led the effort to develop a China Water Pollution Map and a China Air Pollution Map, two public interfaces that display thousands of government-sourced pollution data and corporate violation records nationwide.

Media

China's brave environmentalist, Newsday, April 27, 2012

Prize winner takes on global supply chains, Forbes, April 23, 2012

Ma Jun helps Chinese find out who's polluting and shame corporations into cleaning up, Christian Science Monitor, April 16, 2012

Winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, The Washington Post, April 16, 2012

China's Ma Jun on the fight to clean up Beijing's dirty air, Yale Environment 360, April 10, 2012

A dream of blue skies, China Dialogue, March 13, 2012

As economy booms, China faces major water shortage, The Washington Post, March 16, 2010