Analysis of population structure in rural areas of China
Jing, Y.
Chinese Journal of Population Science 10(1): 17-30
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 1044-8403 PMID: 12294557 Document Number: 282817
This paper presents the results of the study and analysis of the condition, problems, and opportunities of economic development in rural China. Major population problems and key issues in those areas are discussed and analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative analysis methods. Appropriate economic policies for rural areas are proposed. China's large population seriously impedes national economic development. The structure analysis method is a new way of studying the relationship of population, economy, society, natural resources, and the environment. Most of China's population problem is in its rural areas, where there is not enough cultivated land to support the population. The solution of the problem therefore depends heavily upon economic progress in those areas. Impeded economic development in rural China due to population and the structure of industry and production, the centrality of population and industrial structure in rural China, the distribution of personal wealth in rural China, the need to improve education and work skills in rural areas, and family structure changes and economic adjustment are discussed.