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long-term challenge is to supply its pop- ulation while ensuring sustainable eco- nomic growth. The sustainability challenge is a big
one, owing to the fast rate of urbanisa- tion. Although Shanghai and Beijing continue to be the best known mainland cities, there are a signifi cant number of urban centres that are driving progress.
Looking west Chongqing, with more than 30 million people, has become a case study of the mainland’s economic development. It is the economic centre of the upper reach- es of the Yangtze and often called the Chicago of China. More than 4,000 for- eign-invested companies have already opened offi ces in Chongqing and more are planning to go there. A focus of the mainland’s “go west”
policy, which is meant to develop inland cities, Chongqing is a major fi nancial and manufacturing centre after just 15 years of investment. The city’s growth has spurred the development of the sur- rounding region. Following this example, the central
government plans to invest in medium- size cities, transforming them into driv- ers of the national economy. The 11th Five Year Plan, covering 2006 to 2010, established the need to move 45 million rural workers to non-agricultural sec- tors. The National People’s Congress will unveil the 12th Five Year Plan in March and the results of the previous plan will be announced.
All aboard The newly powerful cities can bring development to the countryside. Across the mainland, new cities are being con- structed from old towns. For investors, it is easier to open businesses where the skyscrapers are just beginning to rise and where modernity is just arriving. According to a McKinsey report, by
2025, the mainland will have 221 cities with populations of one million or more. In 2004 there were 108. The urbanisation of the country
helps more people to access the benefi ts of development,
renewing the hopes
of those who are too remote from the wealth created on the east coast. But the new cities will take more resources to sustain their populations and this is why it is important to defi ne who lives where – a task for the takers of the forthcoming census (see box).
OCTOBER 2010
GUANGZHOU READY FOR
CHINA
history of the Games. Guangzhou was chosen in 2004 to host this year’s games. Both the Beijing
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to Guangzhou. The construction or renovation of the sports venues began fi ve years ago in the four host cities of Guangzhou, Dongguan, Foshan and Shanwei. Some of the new transport links between these cities are to be opened this month. Guangzhou, a city of 10 million people and the capital of the province of
Guangdong, has seen many of its public facilities renewed. Details of the opening ceremony on November 12 are being kept secret.
Chen Weiya, the assistant director of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, is the director of the show.
Olympics and Shanghai Expo prove that China can organise and host big international events. More than 10,000 volunteers will be deployed in Guangzhou to help visitors
and ensure security. More than RMB2 billion has been spent on security alone. The 45 countries participating are expected to bring thousands of tourists
uangzhou will host the 16th Asian Games from November 12 to November 27. The games are being held in mainland China for the second time, after Beijing in 1990. This year’s will be the largest in the
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