Urban Population Growth and Urbanization in China Since 1949: Reconstructing a Baseline
- 1 December 1985
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The China Quarterly
- Vol. 104, 583-613
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305741000033324
Abstract
China's urbanization patterns and policies since 1949 have been the focus of a good deal of attention. The main elements of this “Chinese Model” have been the massive “rustication” movements, the recruitment of large numbers of city dwellers to work in rural areas, strict controls on rural-urban migration through food rationing and household registration, and the expansion of rural employment through the development of rural industries. While controlling urban population growth has been problematic to most governments of developing countries, it has been widely accepted that China, particularly in the Maoist era, has been successful in this sphere. The “Chinese Model”, therefore, may offer such countries great promise as an alternative approach.Keywords
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