In Depth

Jingzhou – The slower lane

  • Published 10 Dec 2009

A middling city in middle China experiences average urban area growth of 4.5% a year.

Urbanisation trend:Jingzhou is a city on the middle stretches of the Yangtze River in Hubei province famous as a base for cotton, grain and other agricultural commodities. It has lagged the pace of development in other parts of the country over the past 20 years due to a number of factors.