Rural-urban shifts put China on development alert
Updated: 2012-01-31 13:29
(Xinhua)
"Rapid urbanization will create favorable conditions for China to tackle the challenges involving rural areas, farmers and agriculture. But it will not guarantee fast changes for the better in rural areas. Maybe it will widen the rural-urban gap," the article said.
"This is why we repeatedly stress the necessity of achieving coordinated development between rural areas and cities... Urbanization can not replace the building up of rural areas, and the functional disparity of cities and rural areas can not and should not be removed," it said.
As the Spring Festival has come to an end, farmer Guo Xiaoming who lives scores of kilometers away from Luoyang, the capital of central Henan province, no longer wants to return to Guangzhou.
He has learned he can earn a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan ($317) by working in a factory nearby his home village.
"As more factories are built on the outskirts of cities, I can work nearby my home village for decent pay and wait to be urbanized," Guo said.
Related Stories
Rural-urban learning exchange 2010-07-30 07:47
Rural-urban healthcare gap to be stitched up 2010-12-09 08:00
Rural-urban healthcare gap to be stitched up 2010-12-09 08:25
Rural-urban learning exchange 2010-07-30 15:35
- China to overhaul food standards
- Seven detained over S China river pollution
- Young migrant workers hope to settle in cities
- Shaolin told to clean up its image
- Zhejiang moving to ease financial pressures for firms
- China eyes overseas metal bases
- Beijing Telecom may launch CDMA iPhone 4S
- Policies chill property sales
Comments: (China Daily Website - Connecting China Connecting the World
Global EditionASIA
中文Sign in
Subscribe
- HOME
- CHINA
- WORLD
- BUSINESS
- LIFESTYLE
- CULTURE
- TRAVEL
- WATCHTHIS
- SPORTS
- OPINION
- REGIONAL
- FORUM
- NEWSPAPER
- China Daily PDF
- China Daily E-paper
- MOBILE
BACK TO THE TOP
Copyright 1995 -
. All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263
About China Daily
Advertise on Site
Contact Us
Job Offer
Expat Employment
FOLLOW US
)
Sorry, the page you requested was not found.
Please check the URL for proper spelling and capitalization. If you're having trouble locating a destination on Chinadaily.com.cn, try visiting the Chinadaily home page
Registration Number: 130349