According to this sign placed by the government agency in charge of permitting rare earth metal extraction, the name of the person in charge of this particular mining operation is é˜è³¤æž—. The first character, é˜, is zhong1 in pinyin and means “clock”. It’s not meaningful here because it’s a surname. The second character, however, is very rarely seen in Chinese names because of its overwhelmingly negative meaning and connotation. 賤 (jian4) means despicable or cheap, and is often used in the epithet “賤人” which means “slut” or just a real piece of shit. The last character, æž— (lin2), means forest. So this guy’s name means “despicable forest”. Fitting for a government official responsible for supervising a rare earth mine.