China Flashcards
Hukou System
Introduced 1958 as a family registration program. Serves as a domestic passport, regulating population distribution and rural-to-urban migration
In 1984, State Council conditionally opened doors of market towns to peasants
Since capitalist reforms, estimated 260mill rural dwells, illegally moved to cities
Special Economic Zones
Between 1980-84, China established SEZs in provinces such as Fujian
Zones allow integration of free-market principles to attract FDI
What is Open Door Policy
1978
embracing globalisation while under one-party growth
China gini coefficient
0.46
Social impact of globalisation on china
Literacy rate approx. 90%
Life expectancy approx. 60%
Economic impact of globalisation on china
Middle class approx. 50%
Environment impact of globalisation on china
loss of biodiversity 50%
lakes/river polluted 70%