Anyone Ever Been To China? If So Can You Tell Me What The Economy Is Like And Their Use Of Transportation?
Posted by China Sourcing CommentatorSep 15
This is for a reasearch paper I am writing in class and I just wanted to have some sort of ‘interview’ from someone who has visited there before. Any info will help!
Thanks in advance!
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The economy is dependent on the city. Currently, the largest field is still industry, then followed by either service or agriculture. In the South, the economy is industry and service based, with little agriculture. For industry, the main hub is Dongguan in Guangdong, China. The big three cities in Mainland China (Guangzhou, Beijing, and Shanghai) are all service dominant however. Areas such as Anhui, Hunan, and the poorer provinces have mostly agriculture as industries, since transporting goods from there to the coast would take quite a long time. The North has a lot less industry compared to the Southeastern provinces however. In places such as Harbin, or Inner Mongolia, industry is just beginning. Places such as Tibet are agriculture based, but are slowly transitioning to service, but industry there would be tiny at best. The transportation if varied, China has one of the world’s longest rail networks. The trains range from very slow 1970′s trains, to Maglevs, and high speed trains. For air travel, China has at least 5 major domestic airlines, and many airports. However, airports in small towns are usually nonexistant. As of recently, a few cities in China have banned motorcycles, mopeds, scooters and motorbikes, so this has slowed demand from them. Judging by the amount of motorbikes, motorcycles, mopeds, scooters, etc. to say that they constitute a large portion of China’s transportation, and are more used then bicycles now. There are only a few subway/metro lines in China as of now, I only know 4 that exist (Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing). They are very crowded, but also very new, comparable or better to Hong Kong’s. Buses are also common, and the cost is around 1 to 2 RMB per ride, however, the bus companies are sometimes private, and may fight with other bus drivers to get a fare. Taxis are in all cities, and are quite cheap too. Transport by boat is nonexistant, except in poorer areas, and high speed ferries.
I went to China a few years ago and I’m not sure about the economy, but their transportation was quite surprising. There are MANY MANY motorcycles and the cars aren’t as popular because they’re more expensive there. Biking is also one major transportation because it was how people got to other places back in the day. Subways .. I’m not so sure. I only got on a subway from the airport in China .. other than that, no. :X
The economy is composed by Financial, manufacture, and IT.
China is a crowded place which makes public transportation very sufficient. You can use Trains, subway, bus, and taxis.
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well i live in China at the moment and.. .. .. .. the people are out and about bustling around all the time! in terms of transportation….. locals either take a taxi (which can vary from a cart pulled by a bike, a motorcycle taxi, or the norm.. a car), metro, train, walk, or bike. however those of us who happen to be lucky enough to be on the upper end of the money scale usually either take their driver, a taxi (of any sort depending on who you talk to), the metro, trains (though trains are only taken to places further away, such as a place you can’t ride the metro to or somewhere it would be an expensive taxi ride to), walk, or bike. The people who are generally poorer than what we are used to spend the day on the streets either begging, selling, or begging. (yes i know i said beggin more than once, but tht’s because you see a lot of beggers!)
as for the economy… the currency can be refferred to as remninbi, RMB, yuan, or quay (pronounced kuh-WHY). Depending on where you live there is generally a local dialect as well as mandarin. If you speak the local language then you will most certainly get the best price when bargaining for any item. If you speak mandarin (fluently) you will get a fair price, however if you happen to be a la wei (foreigner) and don’t speak either dialect then you will get a more expensive price. The RMB is growing in value, at the moment i think that 1USD = about 7 RMB. Also most of the land (in Shanghai which is where i live currently) is buildings or construction. 15 years ago it was mainly farmland and now it is mostly gone! that gives you an idea of how fast it is growing! here are some statistics —> from 2004-2006 there has been five million five hundred thousand square meters of new commercial buildings in shanghai!
if you have any other specific questions feel free to ask me and i will do my best to answer them
GL on your paper