China

This summary of the history and current status of sustainable human development in China looks at the outstanding challenges to be faced, and makes a number of broad policy recommendations for tackling them. Because this is the first national HDR undertaken for China, it establishes a baseline for future efforts by discussing in detail a wide spectrum of development issues, including the distribution of income, health care, education and nutrition, population and migration, the status of women, employment, social security provision, the state of the natural environment, and the reform of state enterprises. There are many causal inter-connections highlighted among these various issues.