Abstract
Abstract As a centrally planned economy, the People’s Republic of China has an explicit national urban strategy which seeks ‘to strictly limit the size of big cities, ration ally develop medium-sized cities and encourage the development of small cities and towns’ (Li Ximing 1982). This strategy is a key feature of the country’s new economic reforms, pursued since 1979. To achieve strategic goals, authority and power have been decentralized to local units, capital and infrastructure investments have been reallocated, pricing policies for goods and services have been altered, and policies on internal migration have been revised.
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