Urbanization in China some cases to an ethnic stratification of labor and greater potential for ethnic conflict. In 2005, China had 286 cities. Most of China's cities have a population of one million and below. Shanghai is the largest city in China, with a population of 19 million, followed by Beijing with a population of 17.4 million. These are the two mega-cities in China. From 2010 to 2025, it is estimated by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development that 300 million Chinese now living in rural areas will move into cities. The fast pace of urbanization will create at least one trillion
High-speed rail in China detail is an almost impossible job for inspectors. Despite having the second largest route-kilometer growth after Turkey since 2017, whether constructing high-speed railways in China is economically efficient has been a hot debate. Conservative scholars and officials are worried about the profitability of high-speed railway construction, and its influence on low income population. While all high-speed rails built on the eastern part of China except Beijing-Tianjin high-speed rail have started to make positive profit since 2015, the middle-west railways are constantly loss-making and far from being even possible to pay their cost off. Zhengzhou–Xi'an high-speed railway is estimated to run