Netizens Pick Top 10 Challenges Facing China in the Next Decade

Netizens Pick Top 10 Challenges Facing China in the Next Decade
Dec 31, 2009 By eChinacities.com

People.com.cn, a government-run forum, invited Chinese netizens to choose the ten issues they saw as being the biggest challenges in China during the next decade. You may be surprised by their selections.


Top Challenges Facing China in the Next Decade

Percentage / Votes Tallied

1. The level of official graft and corruption of the becoming too much for the public to bear

82.30% / 6688

2. Distribution of wealth and resources polarizing the country and spurring further social conflict

80.6% / 6555

3. Continued conflict between local officials with and the people

63.2% / 5140

4. Skyrocketing home prices conflicting with comparatively low wages

62.8% / 5103

5. Loss of trust in integrity and lack of morals in society as a whole

61.7% / 5012

6. Efforts at democratic reforms from the government fail to meet up with the expectations of the public

52.3% / 4251

7. Persistent pollution of the environment and harming of the ecology

51.6% / 4196

8. The issue of caring for the elders becoming more evident as the country continues to age

44.1% / 3583

9. College graduates continue to have a hard time getting employment, spurring unrest

43/4% / 3528

10. Mainstream values and views being derailed and becoming more extreme

36.3% / 2949


Source: gcpnews.com

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