Guangdong to Speed Up UrbanizationSouth China's Guangdong Province will work hard to accelerate its urbanization in the forthcoming ten years.According to a plan worked out by the province recently, it will build 300 central towns in the next decade, featuring well structured layouts, complete city functions and perfect civil works, beautiful sceneries, a developed economy and unique characteristics. By the year 2010, the urbanization standard of the province will be raised from the current 40 percent to 50 percent. The urbanization in Pearl River Delta and in the special economic zones of the province will be even higher, amounting to 70 percent, which will meet the urbanization standard for cities in moderately developed countries. Guangdong Province, a leading economic powerhouse in China and adjacent to Hong Kong, now has 54 cities and 1,556 towns. It has set a goal of leading the country in realizing modernization. |
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