China’s Future, In 20 Volumes
February 14, 2007184 Chinese scholars have joined together to summarize the “experience and laws of sustainable development” in a newly published, 20-volume book series, according to the People’s Daily.
“An Outline of Sustainable Development in China: State Volume,” which took two years and eight months to complete, proposes strategic objectives for sustainable development in China by 2050. These include “reaching the sustainability level of moderately developed countries in an all-round way and entering the ranks of the world’s top ten countries in terms of sustainable development capability.”
Here are some of the development indicators set for China in 2050, as set out in the series:
The average life expectancy will be 85.
Poverty will be eliminated nationwide.
Zero growth in the degeneration rate of the environment will be achieved.
And of course there are the four key coefficients, for which China has set stringent goals:
Engel’s coefficient below 0.15; the Gini coefficient between 0.35 and 0.40; the human development index over 0.900; and the dual structure index around 1.5.
Now, if it was only that easy.
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