Three Rural Problem in China
REPORT TOPIC: Rural Development and Three Rural Problem in China; To what extent China Resources Hope Town Project Helps to Solve Three Rural Problems in Guang Xi?
Currently, around 900 million of China’s population, which account for around 70% of China’s total population and 22% of world population lives on around 2 billion mu (1 mu = 1/15 of a hectare) cultivable land accounting for 7% of world total cultivable land, and on average a peasant household survives on 1.5 mu of land (Zhang et. Al. 2001: 51). The challenge from the agrarian has been a major concern to the Chinese government ever since the foundation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). As agriculture has been the mainstay of the Chinese economy, around 70% of China’s population is rural population, the stability of China greatly depends on the stability of these 70% rural population. Thus, the agriculture policy reforms and rural development policy measures had great socio-economic impact to rural China. This paper is to investigate the relation between the China Rural development policy and the Three Rural problems. Then focus on the China Resources Hope Town Project in resolving the Three Rural problem in Guang Xi. The paper organized as follow, section one will be the brief outline of China Rural development policy since 1978 and its linkages to the Three Rural Problem. Second section will be an investigation of current Three Rural situation. Third section introduces the China Resources Corporate Social responsibility program and the Hope Town Projects in Guang Xi and evaluate how successful the project in solving the Guang Xi’s Three Rural problem. Section Four will concludes the paper. Section I: Review of China Rural Development Policy since 1978 and the “Three Rural” Problem The “Three Rural” problem was first formally brought to the senior party officials by Li Changpin, Party Secretary of the Qipan Village in Jianli County of Hubei Province wrote in a letter to the Chinese Premier Zhu
Currently, around 900 million of China’s population, which account for around 70% of China’s total population and 22% of world population lives on around 2 billion mu (1 mu = 1/15 of a hectare) cultivable land accounting for 7% of world total cultivable land, and on average a peasant household survives on 1.5 mu of land (Zhang et. Al. 2001: 51). The challenge from the agrarian has been a major concern to the Chinese government ever since the foundation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). As agriculture has been the mainstay of the Chinese economy, around 70% of China’s population is rural population, the stability of China greatly depends on the stability of these 70% rural population. Thus, the agriculture policy reforms and rural development policy measures had great socio-economic impact to rural China. This paper is to investigate the relation between the China Rural development policy and the Three Rural problems. Then focus on the China Resources Hope Town Project in resolving the Three Rural problem in Guang Xi. The paper organized as follow, section one will be the brief outline of China Rural development policy since 1978 and its linkages to the Three Rural Problem. Second section will be an investigation of current Three Rural situation. Third section introduces the China Resources Corporate Social responsibility program and the Hope Town Projects in Guang Xi and evaluate how successful the project in solving the Guang Xi’s Three Rural problem. Section Four will concludes the paper. Section I: Review of China Rural Development Policy since 1978 and the “Three Rural” Problem The “Three Rural” problem was first formally brought to the senior party officials by Li Changpin, Party Secretary of the Qipan Village in Jianli County of Hubei Province wrote in a letter to the Chinese Premier Zhu
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