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Rural society in the People's Republic of China encompasses less than half of China's population (roughly 45%) and has a varied range of standard of living and means of living. Life in rural China differs from that of urban China. In southern and coastal China, rural areas are developing and, in some cases, statistically approaching urban ...
"Urbanisation in China", China's Chicago, July 26, 2007, Chongqing, The Economist - A giant city in the south-west is a microcosm of China's struggle to move millions from rural to urban areas. "Where Big Is Best" , May 26, 2008 Issue, Newsweek - The rise of megacities has created slums and chaos elsewhere, but in China, they are cleaner and ...
Urban families are generally smaller than their rural counterparts, and, in a reversal of traditional patterns, it is the highest level managers and cadres who have the smallest families. Late marriages and one or two children are characteristic of urban managerial and professional groups.
The urban-rural income gap increased as a proportion of total income inequality10 between 1995 and 2007, rising from 38% to 48%. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China, as of 2021, the gap in per capita disposable income between urban and rural residents in China is 2.57 times, and the income level of urban residents ...
Urban Planning in China is currently characterized by a top-down approach, high density urban development and extensive urbanization. China's urban planning philosophies and practices have undergone multiple transitions due to governance and economic structure changes throughout the nation's extensive history. The founding of the People's ...
One Country, Two Societies: Rural-Urban Inequality in Contemporary China, Harvard University Press, pp. 335–364. Wang, Fei-Ling (2005), Organization through Division and Exclusion: China's Hukou System, Stanford CA: Stanford University Press. Wong DF, Chang, YL, He XS (2007). "Rural migrant workers in urban China: living a marginalised life".
The urban development process as well as various changes in government decisions can be read from the evolution of different urban villages in China. Take Baishizhou, the biggest urban village in Shenzhen, for instance. Located in the city center, the 0.6 square kilometer of land in Baishizhou, contains 2527 buildings, which consist of about ...
Rural issues：It is concentrated in the urban-rural dichotomy caused by the household registration system, with a large difference in economic and cultural levels between urban and rural areas. The image is likened to China's City like Europe，The countryside is like Africa. Farmers' issues：The main problems are the low income of farmers ...