Editorial: Governance reforms to address environmental and urbanization issues in China
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Environmental and urbanization issues pose serious challenges to the governing system of China. Causes of the social problems concerning environmental degradation and urbanization are closely related to the progrowth economic strategy, which for many years aimed to achieve growth through an increase in inputs including materials, labour and land. The extensive growth model depleted large amounts of resources, led to high levels of pollution and emissions, and displaced many farmers from their land, resulting in significant migration. As discussed by the Minister of Environmental Protection, Jining Chen:
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