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China’s 1,800+ county towns will be key driver for urbanization

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Decades of “rush-to-the-city” urbanization have run their course.

The next phase of China’s urbanization will play out in its roughly 1,800 county towns (xiancheng) – built-up urban cores that sit between major cities and the rural countryside.

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