2000年,在环保大奖苏菲奖的颁奖典礼上,苏菲基金会的官员讲了这样一段话:“当人类进入新的世纪的时候,正面临着由于环境污染和资源耗竭所造成的生存危机,中国的人口占世界人口的22%以上,加之中国高速的经济发展速度。因此,中国在环保方面的选择将决定整个人类的命运”。 In 2000, at the Award Ceremony of the Environmental Protection Awards Sufi Awards, officials of the Sophie Foundation made the following remark: “When humans enter the new century, they are facing the survival caused by environmental pollution and resource depletion In the crisis, China’s population accounts for more than 22% of the world’s population, combined with China’s rapid economic growth rate, so China’s environmental choices will determine the fate of the entire human race. ”