"Stricter oversight of the elevator industry is needed. Otherwise it won't be surprising if there are more fatal accidents."

Xu Ronggen, Secretary General of Beijing Chamber of Elevator Commerce, responding on May 15 to an accident that killed a 24-year-old woman in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province

"A clear and comprehensive food safety standard is needed to pave the way for promoting insects as food."

Gao Xiwu, an entomologist at the Chinese Agricultural University who specializes in the economic value of insects, on May 16

"In China, the breast-feeding rate in the past decade has dropped by 20 percent, which has posed great difficulties in promoting the development of breast milk banks."

Hu Min, Secretary General of the Ningbo Breastfeeding Association, an NGO that tried in vain to establish China's first breast milk bank in 2008, on May 15

"Beijing has the best medical and academic resources compared with other cities, but it's not necessarily the most habitable."

Huang Hui, a 27-year-old software engineer from Beijing, responding to a report released by the National Academy of Economic Strategy on May 19 that found most first-tier cities in China to be barely suitable for living due to their poor environmental track record