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China has had a remarkable period of rapid growth shifting from a centrally planned to a market based economy. Today, China is an upper middle-income country that has complex development needs, where Bank continues to play an important development role.

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40 Years of Reform

President Jim Yong Kim’s Remarks at the International Forum on China’s Reform and Opening Up and Poverty Reduction.

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Doing Business Report 2019

China carried out a record number of reforms, earning the country a spot in this year’s top 10 global improvers.

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Help China Fight Air Pollution

The World Bank has worked with the Hua Xia Bank to help the Jing-Jin-Ji region fight air pollution.

China At-A-Glance

Since initiating market reforms in 1978, China has shifted from a centrally-planned to a market-based economy and has experienced rapid economic and social development. GDP growth has averaged nearly 10 percent a year—the fastest sustained expansion by a major economy in history—and has lifted more than 800 million people out of poverty. China reached all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 201...

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Urumqi Urban Transport Project II

The World Bank has supported the development of a BRT system and a GPS-based intelligent public transport management system in Urumqi, providing residents with fast, convenient, cheap and comfortable transport Service.

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