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The growing wealth gap can be seen as a byproduct of China's economic and social development policies. Market reforms were carried out in two stages. The first stage, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, involved the de-collectivization of agriculture, the opening up of the country to foreign investment, and permission for entrepreneurs to start ...
Social welfare in China has undergone various changes throughout history. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is responsible for the social welfare system. Welfare in China is linked to the hukou system. Those holding non-agricultural hukou status have access to a number of programs provided by the government, such as healthcare ...
The 14th Five-Year Plan, officially the 14th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development and Long-range Objectives Through the Year 2035 of the People's Republic of China, is a set of Chinese economic development goals designed to strengthen the national economy between 2021 and 2025.
Ageing has become a growing concern in the world's second-largest economy, with China's cohort of people 60 and older expected to rise at least 40% to more than 400 million by 2035, equal to the ...
The development of Special Economic Zones also spurred rural growth in some parts of China. [ citation needed ] An important policy document of the Xi Jinping era, 2013's Decision on Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reforms , described the urban-rural divide as a main obstacle to China's continued modernization and stated that ...
In a landmark paper published in the Review of Development Economics, economists Ravi Kanbur and Xiaobo Zhang conclude that there have been three peaks of inequality in China in the last fifty years, "coinciding with the Great Famine of the late 1950s, the Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s and 1970s, and finally the period of openness and global integration in the late 1990s."
The Harmonious Society (also known as Socialist Harmonious Society) is a socioeconomic concept in China that is recognized as a response to the increasing alleged social injustice and inequality emerging in mainland Chinese society as a result of unchecked economic growth, which has led to social conflict.
The speed of China's transformation in this period from one of the poorest countries to one of the world's largest economies is unmatched in history. [1]: 11 Since the PRC was founded in 1949, China has experienced a surprising and turbulent economic development process.