unitedexplanations
China's rural population to halve in 30 years?
After the implementation of the economic reforms, decollectivization increased the options available to individual households and made them increasingly responsible for their economic success. This eased the surge of an increasing prosperity in rural villages.
But the key of the chinese economic growth has come from cities. By 2004, 183 of China’s 661 cities had plans to position themselves as “internationalized” metropolises (like New York, Paris, or Tokyo). As a consequence of that urbanization rate has rised steadly in the last decades, from 19% in 1980 to the expected 48% by the end of 2010.
Thanks to its controlled growth the small village of Longsheng (Guangxi Province) still preserves its greatest attractiveness: its traditional style. Thanks to that the village attracts thousands of tourist each year.
China's rural population to halve in 30 years?
After the implementation of the economic reforms, decollectivization increased the options available to individual households and made them increasingly responsible for their economic success. This eased the surge of an increasing prosperity in rural villages.
But the key of the chinese economic growth has come from cities. By 2004, 183 of China’s 661 cities had plans to position themselves as “internationalized” metropolises (like New York, Paris, or Tokyo). As a consequence of that urbanization rate has rised steadly in the last decades, from 19% in 1980 to the expected 48% by the end of 2010.
Thanks to its controlled growth the small village of Longsheng (Guangxi Province) still preserves its greatest attractiveness: its traditional style. Thanks to that the village attracts thousands of tourist each year.