The table above clearly and graphically reveals that there are some changes taking place in the number of population both in cities and villages. It is no difficulty to see that the population in the rural areas went up significantly from 300 million in 1990 to more than 650 million, almost paralleling that in cities. On the contrary, there was a gradual fall in the number of cities’ population during the same period
Many factors that contribute to this phenomenon can be summarized as follows. To begin with, with the development of science and economy, the space of urbanization has been speed up dramatically in recent years, which undoubtedly is a critical factor of this situation. In addition, more and more young person flood into big cities to pursue their dreams and realize their career success. It is just this kind of trend that accelerated this phenomenon. Last but not the least, our government’s effective measures and policies are playing a significant role in the realization of such a situation.
Taking all these driving factors and analysis into consideration, we may safely come to the conclusion that this trend will sustain for a period of time and then the urban population will someday surpass the rural population in the forthcoming years.