Outsourcing to China - Globalisation

• Development of worlds longest highway network in China
• 100,000 km of rail system, worlds longest HSR system
• By 2022, 45% of Chinese of the Chinese population will be urban middle class
• Income has sharply increased in China since 2000
• Urban incomes are far higher than rural
• Education is free in China for ages between 6 and 15
• 94% of China above 15 are literate
• The growth in China's education creates a young skilled workforce
• 3 million hectares of arable farmland has been polluted with heavy metals
• 12 million tonnes of grain polluted in 2014
• Rivers near farmlands can no longer be used due to pesticides polluting them
• China has an urgent need for new houses due to overpopulation - this leads to more informal housing
• Land prices has skyrocketed near city centres
• 50% of China's rivers and lakes are polluted
• More than 400 Chinese cities are short of water
• China has 21% of the global population but only 6% of its fresh water
• Air pollution is killing 4000 people a day in China
• Over 40% of farmland is suffering degradation in China
• Soil is being eroded by acidification
• China's terrestrial vertebrae have declined 50% since 1970 because of habitat loss due to economic developments
• In 2018 China used 50% of world coal production
• Over 20% of China is subject to desertification and severe soil erosion