Environmental Education Media Project

(30 min) China has raised hundreds of millions of people out of poverty since reforming its economy in 1978. But still tens of millions of poor people remain. The Chinese government together with the World Bank hosted an International Poverty Conference in Shanghai in May 2004.

EEMP produced the opening film on China's accomplishments in poverty reduction and shows three case studies on "The Southwest Poverty Reduction Project", "Growth and Transition in Wenzhou and Suzhou" and "The Loess Plateau".

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(26 min) More people are on the move in China than ever before in human history. Twelve million people are leaving the countryside for the cities every year, and, within a generation, there will be more people living in the towns and cities than in the countryside.

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