| The researcher will examine the strategies and resulting public policies China adopted to reduce poverty. The research essay consists of four chapters. Chapter One will discuss the poverty situation and the strategy to reduce the poverty. Chapter Two will discuss two important policies---the Household Responsibility System, and the Township and Village Enterprises---in detail. Chapter Three will discuss the development of the central and western parts of the country to reduce regional and sectoral disparities. Five mega-projects: the Three Gorges Dam, the Qinghai-Tibet Railways, West-to-East Electricity Transmission Project, West-to-East Gas Pipelines, and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, will be examined in detail and their long-term implications for China's socio-economic development. Chapter Four will discuss the effects and consequences resulted that directly and indirectly from the chosen poverty reduction strategy. |
