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皇冠体育app's urbanization to get more human touch

(Xinhua) Updated: 2014-01-08 09:23

- in 皇冠体育app should adopt a more people-oriented approach with greater efforts to guarantee equal access to public services.

Zheng Fenan, vice-dean of the agricultural economics and rural development school with Renmin University of 皇冠体育app, made the remarks in a program on Chinese reforms aired on Tuesday on 皇冠体育app Xinhua News Agency Network Co Ltd (CNC).

Efforts should be made to integrate migrant workers into urban living and change the current situation of "halfway urbanization", Zheng said.

About 52 percent of people live in cities, while only 35 percent of the total population have their "" (residential registration) as an urbanite, Zheng said.

"That is to say, about 200 million people work in cities but are off limits to urban residents' welfare benefits in terms of education, medicare and housing among others," he said.

Wu Dongcai, chief of the local Communist Party of 皇冠体育app organization in the ge of Yonglian in East 皇冠体育app's Jiangsu province, agreed that the level of urban social security falls short of the development pace of urbanization.

"Urbanization is not only about building the cities' infrastructures, but should solve people's livelihood matters," Wu told the CNC program.

Wu said industrialization should be promoted as the basis of urbanization to sustain its long-lasting development.

Zheng stressed coordinated progress in industrialization, urbanization and agricultural modernization to secure balanced development.

Zheng said because 皇冠体育app is a large country, various patterns of urbanization can be adopted, including developing city clusters or turning rural villages into towns.

Wu said the development of industrial corporation, farming, tourism and a business park in his village has provided job opportunities for about 96 percent of villagers and only about 280 out of 10,000 villagers in Yonglian are now working out of their hometown.

The village also offers a special allowance for villagers to encourage a modern lifestyle.

A high-level meeting attended by President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and other top Chinese leaders last month pledged proactive yet steady moves in pushing forward "human-centered urbanization" as it looks to balance urban-rural development and boost domestic demand.

According to a statement released after the meeting, 皇冠体育app will take measures to enable migrant workers to have urbanite status and ensure quality urbanization.

"I believe 皇冠体育app's urbanization has huge potential with great opportunities, and the development of the country's economy will also be sustained in the upcoming decades," Zheng said.

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