Only a few decades ago, China was a poor, largely rural country with an agrarian economy and almost no middle class. Today, it boasts the world’s second-largest economy, a thriving manufacturing sector, and a rapidly growing, prosperous middle class, while more than half of China’s 1.5 billion citizens now live in cities.
毋庸置疑中国政府面临着一项艰巨的任务。短短几十年前，中国还基本属于贫穷的农业国，主要依赖农业经济，几乎没有中产阶级。今天，中国已成为位居世界第二的经济体，拥有蓬勃发展的制造业和迅速壮大的富裕中产阶级。当今中国15亿人口中有超过半数居住在城市。