Township

Rich coastal townships hope to profit from urbanisation push

6 Jan 2013

Affluent coastal townships are scrambling to get themselves classified as cities amid reports that the central government is thrashing out new policies to foster its urbanisation goals.

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Township chief's trial fires up bloggers

25 Feb 2012

The trial of a Beijing township chief has set the internet abuzz on the mainland, with many internet users asking how a low official could embezzle 200 million yuan (HK$246 million) of government...

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Evolution of the vote

15 Sep 2005

1978: Collapse of the village commune system prompts villages to experiment with idea of electing leaders placing their fingerprint under their preferred candidate.

1980: first...

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Village reforms a dismal failure

21 Feb 2005

Drive to slash bureaucracy has achieved little and management is 'in chaos'

China's decades-old village and township government reforms designed to solve overstaffing and cut costs...

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Bold step to replace township governments

7 Aug 2003

Township governing under reform

The central government will launch drastic institutional reforms to slash the bloated rural bureaucracy as part of its efforts to ease the financial...

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Village polls clean-up ordered

19 Aug 2002

The State Council has issued a circular ordering improvements in the procedures for village committee elections and their implementation.

The circular, released by Xinhua yesterday,...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

Updated 4:03AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

Updated 4:03AM

WTO entry to raise tensions in rural areas: academic

Tension between the Government and farmers will intensify when cheap imported agricultural products begin flooding the market after China's accession to the World Trade Organisation, a leading...

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Rural democracy struggles to survive

The election of relatively lowly village leaders often attracts fervent attention from foreign media and observers.

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Tibet pollution 'minor'

TIBET'S ecology remains healthy because its emerging township industries have not caused a significant pollution problem, a survey says.

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A model of reform for state firms

CHINA'S fast-growing township and village enterprises can offer a solution to the formidable task of reforming the moribund state sector, according to Credit Lyonnais Securities.

1:10PM

Township enterprises reach critical point

FUJIAN province has a relatively developed township and village enterprise system. Indeed, based on a recent trip to Quanzhou and Shihu, I believe township and village enterprises are now at a...

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Township enterprises boom

THE number of township enterprises in Jiangsu province which produce more than 100 million yuan (about HK$89.3 million) annually in output value topped 500 by the end of june.

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