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China urbanisation push faces opposition: Planning official
BEIJING — China’s plan to encourage hundreds of millions of rural residents to settle in cities to boost growth faces opposition from local governments, said Mr Li Tie, an official with the country’s top economic planning agency.
Mr Li, Director-General of the China Center for Urban Development under the National Development and Reform Commission, was speaking at an urbanisation forum in Beijing on Saturday. The challenges, highlighted by officials, researchers and company executives, included the strain on local government finances, the dangers of overbuilding and the cost of scrapping the hukou or residence permit system that denies migrants and their families the same welfare, health and education benefits as city dwellers.
http://www.todayonline.com/chinaindia/ch...g-official
China urbanisation push faces opposition: Planning official
BEIJING — China’s plan to encourage hundreds of millions of rural residents to settle in cities to boost growth faces opposition from local governments, said Mr Li Tie, an official with the country’s top economic planning agency.
Mr Li, Director-General of the China Center for Urban Development under the National Development and Reform Commission, was speaking at an urbanisation forum in Beijing on Saturday. The challenges, highlighted by officials, researchers and company executives, included the strain on local government finances, the dangers of overbuilding and the cost of scrapping the hukou or residence permit system that denies migrants and their families the same welfare, health and education benefits as city dwellers.
http://www.todayonline.com/chinaindia/ch...g-official