Interview: China's ecological contribution facilitates global environmental reform

LOS ANGELES, April 21 (Xinhua) -- China's contribution in ecological civilization has enabled the international community to formulate the overarching goal of environmental reform, said Philip Clayton, president of the U.S. Institute for the Postmodern Development of China.

In an interview with Xinhua ahead of Earth Day which falls on Friday, Clayton praised China's leadership in ecological civilization. He said that before the construction of Chinese concept of ecological civilization, Western environmentalism was preoccupied with very specific goals, like reducing the use of pesticides or putting less pollution in rivers.