Emerging World Cities in Pacific Asia (UNU, 1996, 528 pages): Part 2. Changing Asia-Pacific world cities: Globalization and the urban system in China: Notes

Emerging World Cities in Pacific Asia (UNU, 1996, 528 pages)

Part 2. Changing Asia-Pacific world cities

Globalization and the urban system in China

		(introductory text...)
		Introduction
		Economic reform and globalization in China
		The globalization of china's economy
		Foreign investment
		Urbanization and urban system development in China
		The effects of globalization on the urban system in China
		Problems of urban development under the open policy
		Policy implications and future trends in urban development
		Notes
		Acknowledgements
		References

Notes

1. Eastern Coastal, Central, and Western are the regional definitions used in the Seventh Five Year Plan (1986-1990). These are different from the regional definitions commonly used by Chinese researchers in the early 1980s, which also divided China into three regions, i.e. coastal, interior, and frontier. Eastern Coastal region is the same as the coastal region with the inclusion of Jilin and Heilongjiang (i.e. Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, and Guangxi). Western region excludes Nei Mongol of the frontier region and adds Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan (i.e. Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xizang, and Xijiang). Central region includes Nei Mongol, Shanxi, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Hunan.

2. Cities are classified into four categories based on the non-agricultural population in the city proper (shiqu) and suburban districts (jiaoqu) (State Council, 1984). Extra-large cities are those with a non-agricultural population of over 1 million; large cities are those between I million and 500,000; medium-sized cities are those between 500,000 and 200,000; and small cities are those with less than 200,000.