Urbanization and its effects on welfare.

-Educational effects As the cause of rapid urbanization lead to inequalities between the rural and urban areas, affecting the whole rural-urban education system. The gap of the education level became increasingly high. It is clear that for the last 25 years, economic development and urban-rural institutional reform have laid a solid foundation for improving urban and rural population's living conditions and benefits. However, the urban-rural gap is still evident in terms of rapid economic growth and …

…welfare for those migrant workers will be improved. Over the past few years, the gaps between city and countryside, urban citizens and rural residents have been wide. Therefore, solving issues concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers have turned to be the urgent task for the Chinese government. In 2005, the government and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China vowed to construct a "new countryside" so as to narrow the gap between city and countryside.