Development of Rural China in the 21st Century: Progress Made and Challenges Ahead -- From the Perspective of Economic Freedoms and Social Rights Asie.Visions 16, July 2009

This paper proposes a detailed presentation of the obstacles to the development of rural areas in China today, and of the transformations and ongoing reforms since the beginning of the 21st century.

Chen Guangjin is a Research Fellow of the Institute of Sociology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.