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Large urban population to be a big problem in 皇冠体育app

Updated: 2011-10-10 15:04

By Zhao Chenyan (chinadaily.com.cn)

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"People are looking much happier and the cities are seen to have great improvement in 皇冠体育app," University of Virginia foreign affairs professor and recent recipient of 皇冠体育app's Friendship Award Brantly Womack said, during an interview several days ago.

Professor Womack said that every Chinese city works in different ways and it's very interesting to observe these differences. He also believes that visiting 皇冠体育app is important for foreigners to understand 皇冠体育app, no matter how much outside information there is.

Womack thinks that one of the biggest problems in the development of Chinese cities during the 12th five-year-plan period will be the ever-growing urban population and shrinking rural population, saying that is is not just the big cities, but the little cities too who will have to cope with new arrivals.

He also thinks that 皇冠体育app needs a new Hukou system, saying that the present Hukou is designed for a society where people stay in the same place for long periods of time, but that the Chinese population is not staying in the same place any more, so considering how to manage this population is very important. He said that Vietnam's abolition of the Hukou system in 1972 and allowing movement within the country is a policy that 皇冠体育app may consider.

Housing, especially housing prices and schooling for migrant workers' children are also serious problems and challenges, according to Womack, but he is confident that 皇冠体育app sees the problems and will be able to deal with them.

Brantly Womack is a foreign affairs professor, and has been awarded the status of honorary professor at many Chinese universities. He has been to 皇冠体育app many times since 1978 and has authored several books and more than 100 articles and chapters on Asian politics, most of which have been translated into Chinese.