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China’s urban reforms have brought social progress and development, but a comprehensive national system of social welfare (for example, unemployment insurance, pensions, medical care and public housing) for new migrants from rural areas is lacking. One of the most remarkable changes in Chinese cities in the last decade was a change in social “equality”, with the rise of new poverty both in individual communities and some social groups in urban society. However, there is little social assistance and public infrastructure for the migrants. Governments or communities or individual should pay attention to the control of new urban poverty and new slums. This paper consider that it is necessary to launch a successful policy, which include mainly: 1) accommodating urban growth through low-cost investment projects; 2) urban economy depends heavily on successful macroeconomic policy; 3) to broaden the three channels linking adjustment to the incidence of urban poverty; 4) to restructure urban economic based on the high or new technology; 5) to coordinate relationship between urban economic growth and environment management for sustainable development of Beijing’s metropolitan fringe.
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Foundation item: Under the auspices of National Excellent Youth Foundation in China (No. 40025102), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 49831030) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ key research project (1995–2000) (K8952-J-206).
Biography: WANG Hong (1957 –), male, a native of Henan Province, senior urban planner. His research interests include urban and regional planning.
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Wang, H., Gu, Cl. Challenges and problems: China’s urban governance. Chin. Geograph.Sc. 12, 152–156 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-002-0024-x
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