China Boom CMS

<p>I would divide the history into three periods. The first is the rural reform from 1978 to 1984. It marked the rise of TVEs, towns and villages became driving forces for China&rsquo;s development. At the time, the gap between the income of urban and rural areas was trimmed down to 1.8 times from 2.5 times. Chinese farmers benefited the most from that change. The second period is from 1984 to the end of the 1990s, about 15 or 16 years. That was urban reform and Deng Xiaoping&rsquo;s journey to the south accelerated that process. The gap between rural and urban China now had been increased and reached a very high gap. People in urban China all benefited from these changes. Foreign trade accelerated, rural immigration reached a high peak, particularly China participated global economy, which is very dynamic. Since the beginning of this century, the next level is really the coming of age of China. China&rsquo;s development became a reality starting in 2001 or 2002. It is really a geo-political economic shift. The rise of China is something similar to the rise of Europe in the 17th century, or the rise of America in late 19th and early 20th century, these major geo-political shifts. Now, China is entering the fourth period for economic development, returning to the rural areas.</p>