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Defining China's Rural Population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Michael F. Martin
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It is standard practice, both within and outside China, to divide its population between rural and urban. However, this distinction is more complex than at first appears. China's State Statistical Bureau uses three distinct concepts when defining China's rural population. These have been translated into “rural,” “agricultural” and “countryside” definitions. A further complication is that the people included in each of these definitions has changed over time. As a result, data for China's rural population is ambiguous unless the user can determine which of the three definitions is being used and from which period.

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The China Quarterly , Volume 130 , June 1992 , pp. 392 - 401
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1992

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