The transition that China has made from a largely rural and agrarian economy to an industrial society today, has, in its course, posed some major challenges for the Chinese society – in terms of costs borne by rural society and the environment. Prof Wen Tejun from Renmin University speaks to Newsclick on how these challenges are being viewed and tackled.
Prof Tejun says that the priority now is on the social and infrastructure construction in the countryside, and the Chinese government has spent 1.2 trillion dollars so far in this regard.