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China

China is now the world’s second largest economy and has seen over the last years the adaptation of a centrally planned economy to allow for private enterprise and capital. This shift is mirrored in its formal land tenure, represented by a dual system with state-owned land in urban areas, and farmer collective-owned land in rural areas.
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Land Area
942,470,300 ha
GDP/Capita
17,602.7 USD
Total population
1,412,360,000
Urban population
59.2 %
Land-related indicators browse all
Agricultural land
56.1 %
Perceived tenure security
75.1 %
Primary forests
11,632,400 ha

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China has the world’s largest population and is facing a great challenge of land scarcity. There, land issues covers not only the question about how to feed the increasing population, but also how to achieve high quality development though a regional utilisation of land.