Urbanisation was seen as the bridge between rural and urban China, turning farmers into urbanites—in times of overcapacity—and fueling demand for household appliances, infrastructure and durable goods. Agriculture employs 35% of China’s labour force, and a jump from farming to city-life was thus eased and anticipated. Urbanisation was seen as an opportunity to co-opt a part of the 280-million-strong migrants into urban life. This was the bottom-line of the State Council’s New Urbanisation Plan (NEP) 2014-2020.
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