Among those metropolitans, Shenzhen's population exceeded 17.6 million in 2020, a nearly 70 percent increase from a decade ago, compared to eight percent in the already densely populated Shanghai. These new first-tier cities are either municipalities directly under the central government, such as Chongqing and Tianjin, or regional central cities and provincial capitals, like Chengdu and Wuhan, or open coastal cities in the economically developed eastern regions.Īs more and more Chinese people migrate to large cities for better opportunities and quality of life, the ongoing urbanization has further evolved into metropolitanization. Below the original four first-tier cities, 15 quickly developing cities are sharing the cake of the moving population with improving business vitality and GDP growth potential. While the four first-tier megacities, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, are still highly attractive to people and companies due to their strong ability to synergize the competitive economic and social resources, some lower-tier cities are already facing declining populations, especially those in the northeastern region. The past decades have seen widespread and rapid urbanization and demographic transition in China. Shanghai was the largest city in China in 2021, followed by Beijing, with around 20.9 million inhabitants. No doubt, social scientists will be tracking the real-world impact of these population changes for years to come.įor more, check out our exclusive content on CGTN Now and subscribe to our weekly newsletter, The China Report.In 2021, around 27.8 million people were estimated to be living in the urban area of Shanghai. Some of Beijing’s population was redirected to new urban areas. In Beijing, population caps were implemented in 2017 to limit the population to 23 million. To reduce stress on certain cities, the Chinese government worked to redistribute the population. The more times we give birth, the less willing we are to do it,” said Nancy, E-commerce worker to AFP. I think this is a natural regulation of human beings. “No matter how much subsidies the government gives to mothers or families, the trend of having fewer children is inevitable. It’s a transition compatible with women having fewer children in China. Some say China is moving from high-speed development to high-quality development. While the shift imposes certain challenges, it also provides opportunities. They say a country’s fertility rate decreases as its social and economic development advances. Some Chinese experts believe that the negative population growth is natural. So it was only an inevitable phenomenon for India’s population to surpass China’s,” said Liu, a Beijing resident working in Finance when talking to Reuters. So as India’s population surpasses China, its birth rate was (already) quite high. “From (India’s) elderly population to its birth rate, the size of its middle-aged population is relatively big. Over in Beijing, residents seem to be taking the shift in stride. They point to India’s younger population as a potential source of new educational and employment opportunities.
Many Indian economists say there is no cause for alarm regarding the change in population. Navan Singh a New Delhi resident told Reuters “(We) need to put a check on it (country’s population) otherwise all the progress that the country is making, vis-à-vis technology, industry, everywhere will go haywire and unemployment and poverty will remain as it is, irrespective of the progress we are making.” The kids are then kept at home and are often engaged in child labor, which is one of the biggest problems of a growing population,” said Hufeza a student in New Delhi to Reuters in April. “The people who are having more kids are very poor in this country, so they cannot support higher education for their children. Some in New Delhi say they’re worried about poverty. Residents of sister cities Delhi and Beijing are reacting to the changes. According to UN estimates, by the middle of 2023 India will have 2.9 million more people than China. The UN projected on April 24 that India would overtake China as the most populous country by month’s end.
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