A four-part series that gives a rare insight into the country on the move, with history in tow. After centuries of western dominance, the world’s centre of economic and political weight is shifting...
China should learn from the negative urbanization experiences in foreign countries and set out a clear plan from the start, economists and entrepreneurs said at the Boao Forum for Asia. Neville Power...
Chinese authorities are drawing up new land support policies for western parts of the country, following a sharp spike in land abuse cases in the region during the first three months of the year.
Detailed rules for migrant workers who want to apply for government-subsidized houses in cities will be released in eight months, the country's top housing authority said. The Ministry of Housing and...
China should learn from the negative urbanization experiences in foreign countries and set out a clear plan from the start, economists and entrepreneurs said at the Boao Forum for Asia. Neville Power...
There is much speculation today that urban economies in sub-Saharan Africa are greatly improving and that the region may be on the brink of an upsurge in economic development. However, in terms of a...
Nearly one in every five Chinese people were rural migrant workers - those from rural areas working in cities - by the end of last year, official statistics showed on Friday. The number of rural...
Hundreds of new cities. Millions of new urban residents. Surging consumer demand as a result. But one economics professor says the governement still needs to take a hard look at how exactly the...
At the teeming central railway station in downtown Beijing, the world's largest annual human migration is underway, as millions of workers head back to their ancestral towns and villages to celebrate...
As the phrase "new urbanization" becomes popular with governments, we need to ask if it is the right time for China to talk about new urbanization, says an article in the 21st Centurty Business...
Chinese farmers are expected to have more say in determining the destiny of their contracted land as the government vows to intensify reforms to back their rights.
Chinese authorities on Thursday underlined the need to help rural migrant workers become urban residents, calling it an important task for the country's urbanization, according to its first policy...
When crowds of Chinese farmers leave their land and settled down in cities, the crop-growing master-hands may not have enough food to eat, an agricultural official warned Saturday. Chen Xiwen,...
The Communist Party of China (CPC) will promote the urban-rural integration drive so as to ensure that rural residents equally share the benefits of modernization, said Xi Jinping when explaining a...
In recent years, the People's Republic of China is not only the source of a large number of the world's international migrants but increasingly a destination for labour migrants, including sub-...