World Bank Report: China Dominates Urbanization in East Asia

[TaiShang]

Amazing China urbanizes without having massive slum problem. That's another bright point for China's exemplary government that is the world's most efficient and result-oriented. Success and failure do not occur in vacuum.


World Bank Report: China Dominates Urbanization in East Asia
2015-02-12

A recent World Bank report says that South China's Pearl River Delta has surpassed Tokyo to become the world's largest urban area, in terms of both size and population.

Comprised of a cluster of cities including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, and Dongguan, The Pearl River Delta has now a population of more than 42 million, which is even larger than that of Argentina, Canada or Malaysia.

The World Bank report said that China's urbanization dominates East Asia. Out of East Asia's 869 urban areas, 600 of them are located in China. The country has more than two-thirds of East Asia's total urban land. Between 2000 to 2010, around 200 million people in East Asia moved to urban areas.

In 2011, China's urban population surpassed the rural population for the first time. Currently, 53 percent of China's 1.3 billion-plus population are fully-fledged urban residents, while at the same time, there is still a floating population of around 250 million migrant workers and their families, which is expected to increase at a rate of 10 million per year.

So how would experts assess the achievements and challenges of China's urbanization? What benefits have fast urbanization in East Asia brought to people in the region?

 

[cirr]

Comprised of a cluster of cities including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, and Dongguan, The Pearl River Delta has now a population of more than 42 million, which is even larger than that of Argentina, Canada or Malaysia.

I thought the Pearl River Delta also included Hong Kong and Macau，thereby making it by far the world's largest urban area with a population of 50 million。

A corner of Foshan in December 2014

 

[TimeTraveller]

Nice......

 

[AndrewJin]

Let me donate some photos of Wuhan's urbanisation in my neighnorhood, captured today.

New CBD

Electric Bus

Renovated boulevard with bus lanes.

 

[Edison Chen]

Comprised of a cluster of cities including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, and Dongguan, The Pearl River Delta has now a population of more than 42 million, which is even larger than that of Argentina, Canada or Malaysia.

I thought the Pearl River Delta also included Hong Kong and Macau，thereby making it by far the world's largest urban area with a population of 50 million。

A corner of Foshan in December 2014

Let me donate some photos of Wuhan's urbanisation in my neighnorhood, captured today.

New CBD
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Electric Bus
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Renovated boulevard with bus lanes.
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Awesome!

South China, Central China, now North China, Beijing.

 

[TaiShang]

Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization

The joint report by the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China’s State Council, Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanization, includes six priority areas for a new model of urbanization:

1. Reforming land management and institutions

• Because most of the urban expansion in recent years was on converted rural land, the report says currently the amount of farmland available is close to the “red line” of 120 million hectares, which is considered to be the minimum necessary to ensure food security.
• More efficient use of land will require stronger property rights for farmers, higher compensation for land requisition, new mechanisms for converting rural construction land to urban uses, and market-driven pricing for urban land allocation.
• Legal limits should be set up on rural land taken for public purposes by local governments.

2. Reforming the hukou household-registration system to provide equal access to quality services for all citizens and create a more mobile and versatile labor force

• The system should remove barriers to labor mobility from rural to urban areas, as well as between cities, to help boost workers’ wages.

3. Placing urban finances on a more sustainable footing, while creating financial discipline for local governments

• The report recommends moving to a revenue system that would ensure a higher portion of local expenditures is financed by local revenues, such as property taxes and higher charges for urban services.

4. Reforming urban planning and design

• In cities, basing the government prices for industrial land on market value can encourage land-intensive industries to move to smaller, secondary cities.
• Cities can also make better use of existing urban land through flexible zoning, with smaller plots and more mixed land use, which would lead to denser and more efficient urban development.
• Linking transport infrastructure with urban centers and promoting coordination among cities would encourage better management of congestion and pollution.

5. Managing environmental pressures

• China already has tough environmental laws, regulations and standards, so the most important task for achieving greener urbanization is enforcement.
• Market-based tools, such as taxes and trading systems for carbon, air and water pollution, and energy, can also be used more to meet environmental targets.

6. Improving local governance

• The performance evaluation system of local officials could be adjusted to give greater incentives for a more efficient, inclusive and sustainable urbanization process.

 

[Keel]

1. Reforming land management and institutions

• Because most of the urban expansion in recent years was on converted rural land, the report says currently the amount of farmland available is close to the “red line” of 120 million hectares, which is considered to be the minimum necessary to ensure food security.
• More efficient use of land will require stronger property rights for farmers, higher compensation for land requisition, new mechanisms for converting rural construction land to urban uses, and market-driven pricing for urban land allocation.
• Legal limits should be set up on rural land taken for public purposes by local governments.

This is more important than rapid urbanization I think
For the sake of balancing trade we are importing farm produce like crazy

Silk embroidery

 

[Major d1]

World Bank under control of US . So their comments is not acceptable. US just trying to skip her domination power towards the area.