On the road to China's urbanization

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

6 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

11/21/2008

Category :

Economics & finance

Sub category :

Economics

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Summary :

The rapid urbanization.
1. Era of rapid growth.
2. The influx of humans from provinces into cities.
3. The Chinese government.
4. Narrow employment opportunities.
5. Social security and stability.
My own perceptions.
1. Manufacturer of the world.
2. One assumption that changed.
3. China - morally challenged.
4. Should China become a superpower as expected?
5. The next keyplayer in world affairs.
Conclusion.

Abstract

Unexpected urbanization is taking place in china today and will continue to occur in the coming years. The rapid rise of Chinese settling in cities is drastic. Statistics showed that urbanization heightened from "18 percent in 1978 to 30 percent in 1995 and 39 percent in 2002 (New Lincoln Institute). It is also predicted that china will increase its GDP by four times and attain urbanization by 55 percent by year 2020 (Ibid)." This era of rapid growth has spurred many Chinese to relocate from provinces to many of china's cities. As a result, an influx in trade and commerce is booming in china, with more settlers in the urban areas. The Chinese people seeking to work in greener pastures opt to work where the centre of business is located, to look for better job opportunities. Because of the rapid growth of inhabitants in the commercial districts of china, the rise of revenue is also expected. This rise of urbanization in china predicts that in the rate that this progress is taking place, it is expected that 1.3 billion Chinese or one tenth of the world's population will settle in cities by 2010 (Xiaohua).