"Some foreign brands are high in price, but inferior in quality."

Qiu Baochang, head of the legal team at China Consumers' Association, on July 28. Nearly two thirds of the complaints the association received about baby formula in the first half of the year regarded foreign brands

"I would say the most important reason good Chinese scientists choose to stay in the United States is because of the scientific culture (in which) they have bigger freedom to pursue research of their choice."

Joseph Jen, former undersecretary for research, education and economics for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, on July 28, in response to a People's Daily report in June that said China is experiencing the world's worst brain drain

"It's definitely inappropriate to let individuals run the websites for adoption services, but they exist because the government fails to step in."

Tong Xiaojun, an adviser for Save the Children China Program, a non-governmental organization focusing on children's rights and welfare, in response to an online adoption website created in 2007, which has helped about 300,000 families with fertility issues adopt children

"Chinese cities, including Beijing, have not established a system that can provide solid services for individual tourists."

Zhang Hui, a tourism management professor at Beijing Jiaotong University, in response to the capital's declining number of visitors in the first half of the year, on July 30