China s Urbanization Miracle Why aren t there huge slums?

Mondo International Updated on 2024-01-19

In the great process of China's urbanization, slums seem to be a rare sight. By contrast, countries such as India and Brazil, among the BRIC countries, are plagued by large slums. This raises the question of how China has avoided the slum problem

Slums, which often accompany the rapid development of cities, become hotbeds of crime and gangsters. China, however, has done an exceptionally good job in this regard. To understand this phenomenon, it is first necessary to understand why slums are so prevalent in other countries.

The phenomenon of slums is particularly pronounced in developing countries, where large numbers of peasants have flocked to cities to build houses spontaneously and illegally. These houses do not conform to urban planning, and the city does not provide enough jobs. Thus, slums were born.

However, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, China has led the process of urbanization and intervened in this process by establishing a sound household registration system. ** The division of the population into non-agricultural and agricultural populations, and the urban population into permanent and resident immigrants, through this artificial restriction, succeeded in preventing peasants from moving into the cities.

In China, the hukou system has played a decisive role. In the early days of industrialization, cities could not support such large populations. In order to control the urban population, the hukou system tightly tied the population to the countryside, providing primitive accumulation for the industrialization of the city.

After the reform and opening up, China began to relax household registration restrictions, allowing the population to move freely. This period coincided with China's economic take-off and becoming the world's factory, in dire need of a large number of cheap labor. The carrying capacity of the city expanded, but due to the uneven economic development, the influx of people led to a series of problems.

However, it is no longer realistic to confine the population to rural areas through the hukou system. As a result, China** has taken a second key step: rural revitalization and poverty alleviation, encouraging people to return and start businesses in their hometowns. This strategy promotes the integrated development of urban and rural areas, and helps backward areas get rid of poverty through targeted poverty alleviation.

Reducing the number of people pouring into large cities and avoiding the problems caused by rapid population growth in large cities has enabled China to avoid the slum problems faced by countries such as India and Brazil, and to ensure the orderly and healthy development of urbanization.

With the support of this series of measures, China has created a miracle of urbanization and successfully avoided the problem of huge slums. This process not only demonstrates China's efficient governance capabilities, but also provides valuable experience for other developing countries. China's urbanization path has become unique because of these wisdoms.

The governance wisdom and successful experience demonstrated by China's urbanization miracle have not only attracted widespread attention at home, but also become the object of Xi and reference for other developing countries internationally. These measures, in particular the establishment of a sound household registration system and the implementation of rural revitalization and poverty alleviation, have provided a strong guarantee for China's success in avoiding the problem of slums.

First, China** has successfully intervened in the urbanization process by establishing a strict hukou system. In the early stage of urbanization, in order to control the urban population, the population was divided into non-agricultural and agricultural population, and the urban population was divided into permanent residents and foreign permanent residents, so as to achieve orderly management of population flow. To a certain extent, this system restricted the peasants from entering the cities, and provided a foundation for the orderly development of the cities.

Second, rural revitalization and poverty alleviation have become another pillar of China's urbanization success. At the same time as the economy is taking off, it has promoted the integrated development of urban and rural areas by encouraging the return of the population and starting businesses in their hometowns. This strategy has not only effectively alleviated the population pressure in large cities, but also provided more development opportunities in rural areas, so that people are no longer forced to live far from their homeland.

Behind this series of wisdom is China's deep understanding and scientific planning of urbanization. At different stages of urbanization, the flexible use of policy tools has achieved the organic combination of urbanization and population mobility. At the same time, we will pay attention to poor areas and bring new hope to these areas through poverty alleviation, so that people will have more opportunities to earn a living in their hometowns and will no longer be forced to move to big cities.

China's urbanization miracle has not only shown a huge scale in terms of quantity, but also remarkable achievements in terms of quality. The impact of this successful experience is not limited to domestic countries, but also provides a model for other developing countries to follow. China's urbanization path shows a sustainable development model, which is the crystallization of wisdom and people's efforts.

However, we should also recognize that there are still some problems and challenges in China's urbanization process. With the acceleration of urbanization, some large cities have experienced problems such as excessive population growth and resource shortage. This requires further refined management in urban planning and resource allocation to ensure the quality and sustainability of urbanization.

Overall, China's urbanization miracle is not only a remarkable national success story, but also an experience worth pondering and Xi. Through scientific planning, effective measures and a deep understanding of the laws behind urbanization, China has presented a new picture of urbanization to the world. It is hoped that China will continue to sum up its experience and solve problems in the future urbanization process, so as to provide more feasible paths and wisdom for global urbanization.

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