<P> Urbanization in China increased in speed following the initiation of the reform and opening policy . By the end of 2015, 56% of the total population lived in urban areas, a dramatic increase from 26% in 1990. (1) </P> <P> China's increase in urbanization was one of the several functions of the surpluses produced from the agricultural sectors in Chinese (farming and pastoral dependency). This judgment is based on (1) the fact that not until the end of the Qing Period did Chinese begin importing moderate quantities of foodstuffs from the outside world to help feed its population; and (2) the fact that the handicraft sector never challenged agricultural dominance in the economy despite a symbiotic relationship between them . </P>

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