Impact of the four great inventions of ancient China greatly contributed to the whole world's civilization. Today, modern China, with its strong economic and cultural power, stands as an important impetus to promote the development of the world. With the deepening of China's Reform and Opening up Policy, the city life of Chinese common people has been greatly optimized. Here is the brief introduction of modern city life in China.
Standard of living
Citizens nowadays spend more for better personal development and life quality. There is a substantial increase in consumption expenditure in aspects for transport, communication, culture, education and entertainment, health care. The proportion of such expenditure is steadily increasing. Meanwhile, there is a growing demand for service consumption. In addition, with the improvement of living standards, city residents have a higher standard for living conditions; pay more attention to the environment. They pursue environmental-friendly and comfortable home-living. The daily life of urban residents has been improved significantly. Their dietary pattern is undertaking nutrition, science-based development. Major durable consumer goods owned by every household have almost doubled in amount. The urban families have a growing number of modern consumer durables. Domestic cars, air conditionings, computers, mobile phones are owned by more and more common people. Living conditions and living environment improved significantly. People purchase more ready-made clothes; the clothing style is more and m
ore fashionable and comfortable.
Transportation
In addition to traditional public vehicles as buses, taxis, there are ever-changing ways of public transportation. The MTR between cities and the subway within cities have become popular new modes of transportation. Transportation is more convenient, and almost all domestic cities can be accessible easily.
MU: MU is a more convenient way of urban transportation. It is the new cosset for travelers in choosing city to city traffic modes. The opening of a lot of MU lines makes possible a significant reduction in travel time, and the environment in the MU carriages is quite well-kept. It is more economical to take the MU than the plane. The MU line Shanghai - Suzhou - Wuxi - Nanjing has been launched already, it takes only 1-2 hours to get from one city to another listed on the line.
Metro: China's first subway was born in Beijing. It was opened to public on October 1, 1969. Shanghai has the top subway network scale in China. After nearly 20 years of construction, at the end of 2007, Shanghai Metro is operating a total length of 236 kilometers. There are seven cities in China owning subway systems, they are: Beijing, Hong Kong, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Taipei. In addition, cities like Nanjing, Chongqing, Wuhan, Dalian, Hangzhou, Changchun, Xi'an, Chengdu, Qingdao, Harbin and Suzhou are constructing their subways, and more than 40cities are planning or preparing the construction. The perfection of metro system will greatly relieve the city transportation pressure. Also, as the metro is environment-friendly, the city will suffer less pollution.
Communication and Information
Mobile phone: In China, the signal coverage, price, popularity rate and any other aspect of mobile phones are beyond imagination. No matter if you are in the elevator, subway, garage, or in Tibet or on the Great Wall, even in the most remote rural areas, people can use the phone. In China, the mobile phones are very cheap and the surepay is not high, so they are very popular. Even the street vendors selling watermelons may have cell phones. Currently there are about 300 million cell phones in use in China, no wonder it is now the world's largest mobile phone market.
Internet: The number of Chinese netizens has reached 404 million, the Internet penetration rate is 28.9%, which is much higher than the world’s average. The amount of mobile Internet users has reached 233 million. Today, China has the largest number of netizens in the world. Ever since 2000, the number of internet users has been increasing with an annual growth rate of more than 20%. On the one hand, this reflects the expansion of business opportunities and markets, while on the other, the netizens are forming a strong power of public opinion can not be ignored. The information communication is fast and easy today.
Tourist city service facilities
China's tourism industry is experiencing a trend of continuous optimization. Through 20 years of practical tourism development in China, the tourism management has been gradually standardized. Rules and regulations have been gradually consummated. The service quality has been greatly improved; the price standards are basically regulated. The training system for the employed person is more mature. Tourism market is running in order. Tourism has contributed a lot to promote the cultural and ideological progress in China. Traditional tourist cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Huangshan, Xian, Suzhou, and Hangzhou are almost perfect in their tourism infrastructure. The tourism services and hotel, restaurant facilities are developing day by day. The amounts of visitors are increasing dramatically every year.
After the implementation of western development policy, new opportunities in the western region in China get the new opportunity to develop its tourism. The convenient transportation and the rise of tourism services attract a large number of tourists to explore the splendid natural beauty and the profound local culture.