Author: Matthew Wells

China: The world’s fastest Growing Superpower Nation
I will be answering 3 Questions:
How is the population advancing?
How are urban areas developing?
What natural recourses are available and how will it sustain the population?

How is the population Advancing?
There is an aging population and in 2050 it is estimated 1/3 of the population will be over 60 years old, due to the one child policy. The one child policy ended in 2015. Not many people are still having more than one child due to space and money restrictions. The government is now encouraging people to have a second child. The one child policy was introduced in 1979 for an aim of less than 1.2 billion people by the end of the 20th century because of the rapid annual population increase rate. However this ended up with most of the population being older. Now the annual population growth rate is about 0.5.The country has undergone enormous social, economic, and political changes over the past 50 years, but many of the issues that Chinese society faces today are also closely connected to past demographic change. Because of the rapid and extensive fertility declines in China in the past 30 years, the country's rate of population growth has slowed considerably. The country's population of 1.3 billion in the early 2000s is projected to grow by another 100 million by 2050. India—with its higher fertility levels—is forecast to move ahead of China in total population size by 2035.
How are urban areas developing?
Urban areas like Beijing and Guangzhou are still developing as the outskirts are still quite poor and there are many beggars. The urban areas are almost out of poverty but China wants to eliminate all poverty by 2020.Urbanization in China increased in speed following the initiation of the reform and opening policy. By the end of 2016, 57.4% of the total population lived in urban areas, a dramatic increase from 26% in 1990. By 2010, the OCED, based on Functional Urban Area estimates, there are currently 17 megacities in China. According to Professor Lu Dadao, president of the Geographical Society of China , China's urbanization took 22 years to increase to 39.1% from 17.9%. It took Britain 120 years, the US 80 years, and Japan more than 30 years to accomplish this.
Here we have a map of china showing population density the red parts are the most populated and green is very sparsely populated.
What natural recourses are available and how will it sustain the population?
Since China is such a vast country it has many resources to sustain the population because of the diverse biomes. But with China exporting most of what they manufacture would they have enough to last? China has many natural resources such as coal, iron ore, gas, tin, tungsten, mercury, manganese, aluminium, zinc, lead, uranium, rice, coffee bean plants. The quality of some of the resources may not be as good as other countries which is why there are many of these resources imported into China. China’s main business is to export goods and if they export everything what is left for such a large population. But not only mined goods what about foods? Can china feed themselves? The answer is yes, they can china has good soil and good climates to grow food for the 1.4 billion people.