March 4, 2013 Reuters By David Stanway and Benjamin Kang Lim
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/04/us-china-parliament-environment-idUSBRE92306E20130304
Pan Yue, a high-profile official with a history of taking on big state-owned interests, has emerged as the front-runner to become China’s new environment minister, sources said, amid growing public discontent over worsening pollution in the country.