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.

Aug 10, 2020 · New high-rise apartments are under construction in villages around Heze, in eastern China's Shandong province. Rural residents say these complexes are too expensive, too far away from their...

May 17, 2006 • Rural China is undergoing dramatic change, as the cities encroach on farmland and farmers flock to the cities. Meanwhile, income gaps widen between the countryside and cities. Louisa...

Feb 16, 2024 · Although highlighting rural China is a smart political signal, actual policies need to be substantially improved in order to revitalize China’s countryside and create better living conditions and opportunities for its rural residents. This Year's Priorities.

Oct 24, 2024 · The Chinese government has been pushing to increase urbanization levels since the 1980s, and by 2023 the country had reached 66%, compared to 83% in the US. Still, there has also been an uneven...

Nov 1, 2022 · This paper of China’s agricultural development and rural transformation in the past four decades shows that institutional innovations, policy support for technology and incentives, and investment in rural areas (IPIs) matter, and that the sequence of IPIs is critical.

Dec 9, 2024 · Rural China is where the country's development ambitions meet its most profound contradictions—a critical space for understanding the pressures and possibilities that define contemporary China. My journey into Chinese Studies began far from the megacities.

Feb 1, 2025 · The Rural Minimum Living Security (Rural Dibao) is a crucial social assistance program designed to alleviate poverty in rural China. While non-agriculture employment plays a significant role in ...

Nov 29, 2024 · For many years, the residents of the village in east China's Anhui Province, once plagued by barren land and water scarcity, struggled to make ends meet. That all started to change in 1978 when 18 farmers made a bold decision in a dilapidated thatched cottage.

Jan 9, 2025 · In China, rural decline can be considered as the result of the unidirectional flow of population, resources, and other factors between urban and rural areas.