China: Regional development on the way to ecological civilization

Occupation: Leading Researcher, Department of Geo-Urban Studies and Spatial Demography, Institute for Demographic Research - Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Institute for Demographic Research - Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Moscow, 119991, Moscow, Leninsky pr., D.32A

Journal name

Asia and Africa Today

Edition

Issue 7

Pages

14-20

Abstract

The article examines the modern regional history of the PRC, which includes the evolution of regional policy in the framework of the implementation of large projects for the spatial development of Western, Central, Eastern and Northeastern China in the context of building an ecological civilization. A comprehensive analysis of the implementation of projects for the development of the PRC in accordance with the world principles of regional environmental transformations is carried out by the Chinese scientific school of regional studies of ecological civilization.

It is noted that the unevenness and disproportionality of the position of Chinese regions, as well as the strengthening in a short historical period of China's development of a whole complex of socio-economic and natural-ecological problems, determined a special Chinese way in choosing a model of sustainable development of China, combining the sustainability of the ecological system, the uniformity and balance of the development of Chinese regions. The article discusses the «General plan of reforming the system of ecological civilization in China».

At present, in the PRC, the principles of building an ecological civilization have an impact on innovative rural regional economic construction and urbanization processes in accordance with the requirements of maintaining an ecological balance in the regions of China. At the same time, there is an uneven regional development of the PRC in terms of building an ecological civilization. Along with the leading regions in «green development» in China, there are also regions with relatively low rates of eco-civilization change, which are mainly located in Central China, some areas of Heilongjiang , Gansu and Shaanxi.

Keywords

China, ecological civilization, spatial development, ecological and social problems, «green» strategy

Acknowledgment

The reported study was funded by RFBR and EISR, Project number 21-011-31803.

Received

02.03.2021

Publication date

16.07.2021

Number of characters

22471

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GOST	Makeeva S. China: Regional development on the way to ecological civilization // Asia and Africa Today – 2021. – Issue 7 C. 14-20 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://asaf-today.ru/S032150750012642-8-1 (circulation date: 20.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S032150750012642-8
MLA	Makeeva, Svetlana B "China: Regional development on the way to ecological civilization." Asia and Africa Today 7 (2021):14-20. DOI: 10.31857/S032150750012642-8
APA	Makeeva S. (2021). China: Regional development on the way to ecological civilization. Asia and Africa Today (7), pp.14-20 DOI: 10.31857/S032150750012642-8

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