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 # Urbanization: Problem or Panacea?

 


 

 Jun 17, 2013 10:00 AM ET

  Campaign:  [The Global Cities Initiative](/news/campaign/global-cities-initiative)  ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/Screen%20Shot%202013-09-16%20at%202.22.45%20PM_1.png) 

[The Global Cities Initiative](http://www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/Corporate-Responsibility/globalcities.htm)

With China's economic boom has come massive urbanization on a scale never before seen in human history. The population of Beijing alone has nearly doubled since 2000 and is expected to surpass 30 million in the next decade.

To examine the prospects and challenges and of China's ongoing urbanization, the Global Cities Initiative, in partnership with the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy, brought together government officials, civic, business and academic leaders at the recent 2013 J.P. Morgan China Summit in Beijing.

Read the background paper from the roundtable: [“Beijing as a Globally Fluent City”](http://www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/Corporate-Responsibility/document/GCI-Background-Note-052413_ada.pdf)

Global Cities Initiative Chairman **Richard M. Daley**, Brookings Senior Fellow **Dr. Wang Feng** and Carnegie Endowment Senior Associate **Dr. Yukon Huang** participated in a discussion at the China Summit moderated by JPMorgan Chase Corporate Responsibility Head **Peter L. Scher**. (Watch video on the right.)

[About the Global Cities Initiative](http://www.jpmorganchase.com/globalcities) »

**RESEARCH**

- [Global Gateways: International Aviation in Metropolitan America](http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2012/10/25-global-aviation) »
- [The Search for Skills: Demand for H-1B Immigrant Workers in U.S. Metropolitan Areas](http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2012/07/18-h1b-visas-labor-immigration#overview)»
- [Locating American Manufacturing](http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2012/05/09-locating-american-manufacturing-wial/profiles) (2012) »
- [See More](http://www.jpmorganchase.com/globalcities) »

**UPCOMING**

- [Going Global: Boosting Metro Denver’s Economic Future](http://www.brookings.edu/events/2013/06/26-gci-denver) [Denver, CO](http://www.brookings.edu/events/2013/06/26-gci-denver) [June 26, 2013](http://www.brookings.edu/events/2013/06/26-gci-denver)
- What do globally fluent cities have in common? New research supported by the Global Cities Initiative helps metro leaders pursue globally-oriented economic development strategies. “Ten Traits of Globally Fluent Metro Areas” will be released June 26, 2013

**IN THE NEWS**

- [LEAVING THE LAND: China's great uprooting: moving 250 million into cities](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/world/asia/chinas-great-uprooting-moving-250-million-into-cities.html?hp), *The New York Times* (6/16/13) »
- [Daley, Katz: Houston must maintain its economic upswing](http://www.chron.com/opinion/outlook/article/Daley-Katz-Houston-must-maintain-its-economic-4601420.php), *Houston Chronicle* (6/14/13) »
- [Changing global economy threatens to leave Charlotte behind, speakers say](http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/23/4058875/changing-global-economy-threatens.html), *Charlotte Observer* (5/23/13) »
- [Milken Institute 2013 Global Conference presents "Creating Smarter Cities" panel](http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/gcprogram.taf?function=detail&eventid=gc13&EvID=4051) (4/30/13) »
- [See More](http://www.jpmorganchase.com/globalcities "See more news") »

ABOUT THE GLOBAL CITIES INITIATIVE  
The Global Cities Initiative aims to equip metropolitan leaders with the information, policy ideas and global connections they need to bolster their position within the global economy. The initiative combines the Brookings Institution’s deep expertise in fact-based, metropolitan-focused research and JPMorgan Chase’s longstanding commitment to investing in cities.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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