China and Europe: Towards More Sustainable Rural-urban Development - 中欧社会论坛 - China Europa Forum

China and Europe: Towards More Sustainable Rural-urban Development

Authors: Hannes Lorenzen

China and the EU should work on better rules and support mechanisms for the integration of rural, urban and trade policies. Better integration will promote cohesion between advantaged and disadvantaged regions. The EU and China should give clear priority to food security. They should enable rural populations to participate in rural planning and to re-invest a growing share of the added value of their products into environmentally friendly and socially viable rural infrastructure so as to modernise their rural economies.

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