There is also a large rural-urban gap, and part of the solution to that gap is that 150-200 million people need to move out of agriculture into urban employment. They cannot all move to the coast.

Hence the smooth resolution of glaring disparity in China requires the growth of interior cities that raises living standards there and pulls large numbers of people out of rural employment and rural poverty.

Improving investment climate in the cities of lagging regions of China is hence one of the most important measures that can contribute to a more harmonious society.

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