Urbanization in China (China Analysis)

Dossier "L'Urbanisation en Chine". China Analysis = Les Nouvelles de Chine, n°42, avril 2013, p. 1-25 (in French) In 2011, for the first time in its history, China’s urban population overtook its rural population. A historic threshold has been crossed, albeit very late. Indeed, China’s urbanization rate, 51.3% according to the latest official publications, is well below the urbanization rates found in other countries with an equivalent level of development. Prime Minister Li Keqiang is hopef..