Rural population could drop to 400m
By Jin Zhu | China Daily | Updated: 2010-02-25 07:50
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An elderly man from the countryside walks in a street in Renshou county, Sichuan province, with his granddaughter on his back, on Feb 4. Renshou county has a population of 1.62 million, with 1.33 million living in rural areas. Yao Yongliang |
The country's rural population may drop to 400 million from the current 900 million in the next three decades because of rising urbanization, a senior official has forecast.
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