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The World Bank In China

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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Report

China's High-Speed Rail Development

What type of planning, business models, and approaches to construction enabled the rapid growth of high-speed rail in China?

Project

Curbing Desertification in China

A World Bank-financed project is helping Ningxia to control desertification, rehabilitate natural vegetation, and boost incomes

Report

This new report looks at how Chongqing can move up the value chain to become a sustainable global city.

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...

Data

Data

Project

Keeping Food Safe from Farm to Table

A World Bank-supported project has helped Jilin, a major agricultural province in the Northeast China, make food safe for people.

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Research

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Experts

Martin Raiser, Country Director, Brazil

Martin Raiser

Country Director for China and Mongolia, and Director for Korea

Binyam Reja, Ph.D.

Practice Manager, Transport, Central Asia, China, and Mongolia

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In Depth

Healthy China

What's ailing China's health system? What Changes are needed? Read the report.

Urban China

By 2030, up to 70% of the Chinese population - some one billion - will be living in cities. How could China prepare for that?

Results Profiles

Take a look at the results the World Bank-supported projects have achieved in China.

Systematic Country Diagnostic for China

Open Data

The World Bank provides free and open access to a comprehensive set of development data in countries around the globe, including China.

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Additional Resources

Country Office Contacts

Beijing, +86-010-58617600

Level 16, China World Office 2, No.1, Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue, Beijing 100004

webchina@worldbank.org

Washington, 202-473-4709

1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433

eastasiapacific@worldbank.org