Does the Expansion of Urban Construction Land Promote Regional Economic Growth in China?

Since the reform and opening up, China’s economy has maintained rapid growth. At the
same time, the process of urbanization in China has been accelerating and the scale of urban
construction land has expanded accordingly. The purpose of the research is to explore whether
there is an inevitable connection between the expansion of urban construction land and economic
growth. This study uses 108 prefecture-level cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt as an example.
Considering panel data from 2005 to 2015, the spatial econometric model was used to explore the
impact of urban construction land expansion on regional economic growth. The results are as follows:
(1) The expansion of construction land in cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt has a significant
impact on economic growth but the extent of the impact is not as great as that of capital stock. (2) In
the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the expansion of urban construction land in a certain area has
not only a positive effect on the local economic growth but also a certain spillover effect and it can
promote the economic development level of the adjacent areas in the economic belt. (3) Although the
expansion of urban construction land along the Yangtze River Economic Belt promotes economic
growth, there are obvious differences between regions. The expansion of urban construction land in
the central region of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has a significant driving effect on economic
growth. However, the expansion of urban construction land in the eastern and western regions has
no significant effect on the economic growth of the respective regions. Finally, based on the above
conclusions, this paper proposes corresponding policy recommendations for economic development
in different regions. These research conclusions will also facilitate the follow-up of other researchers
to further explore the driving factors of the economic development of many prefecture-level cities in
the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the related mechanisms for the expansion of construction land
to promote economic growth.
 

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Shifts in China’s Rural and Urban Population: 2000-2020 The bar chart clearly reveals that from 2000 to 2020, while the total population in China increased moderately from 1.25 billion to 1.41 billion, population in urban and rural areas experienced dramatic shifts in different directions. Urban population rose from 450 million in 2000 to 670 million in 2010 and 900 million in 2020; contrastingly, rural population declined from 800 million in 2000 to 680 million in 2010 and 510 million in 2020. The population gap narrowed largely because of the joint effects of urbanization, unequal economic opportunities in rural and urban areas, and the expansion of higher education. In the first place, there was a large-scale urban sprawl during this period. Places which had been part of the vast countryside were incorporated into cities, causing hundreds of millions of rural dwellers to be passively transformed into urban residents. What’s more, while urban living standards improved greatly in these years, few economic opportunities fell on rural areas and most peasant families remained at the poverty line. Poverty prompted the call for change, leading a large quantity of healthy young peasants to leave their hometowns and flock to cities for a better living. Last but not least, China’s higher education grew at an unprecedented rate in these years. More high school graduates than ever before entered colleges and universities, most of whom preferred to stay in urban areas after graduation for personal development. The increase in urban population was a sure indication of economic and educational achievements in China. It benefited the country in many aspects, relieving the shortage of labor force in cities, lessening the burden of peasants to support their families, and affording young people from rural areas more opportunities to display their talents. However, the migration of rural residents into urban areas inevitably brought about disadvantages. Some of them, such as waste of arable land and left-behind children in the countryside, as well as traffic congestion and soaring housing prices in cities, have already called the attention of the government and corresponding measures have begun to take effect. But others, especially the inability of many peasants to integrate into urban life due to their lack of education and civilized habits, have long been neglected. In this sense, we cannot be satisfied with the superficially optimistic figures in the chart, but should endeavor to foster the integration of these newcomers by providing them with adequate assistance in educational and cultural aspects, so that they can find easier access to the prosperity and convenience of urban life and be more fully devoted to the development of cities.翻译成英文版两百单词左右的文章
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