China has changed a lot in the past 50 years. A comparison between life in my country now and life in my country 50 years ago shows significant differences in health care, education and environment.
There is a huge contrast between health care in china now and in 50 years ago. First of all, People lives longer. The World Health Organization shows that people average lifespan is 43.47 in 1960, but 75.78 in 2014.It boosts extremely in a short time, which is fast than many developing counties. Second, as The United Nations World Population Prospects reported, Mortality decrease a lot. For example, the infant mortality rate is 121.64 ‰ in 1950 which is vaster than 21.99 ‰ in 2010.Another example is mortality, 13.18 ‰ in 1954 , yet 1.78‰ in 2009.Last is the large change about medical technology. Trachoma is a big problem in china. In 1950 about 90 percent Chinese had trachoma. But now less than 5 percent have trachoma. The health care in China improved a lot in general. On the other side, education in my country now and education in my country 50 years ago show a large difference. Above all, pupil-teacher ratio in primary education dropped noticeably. For instance, as The World Bank reported that the rate is 28.87 percent in 1970 , while 16.231 percent in 2014.And another survey showed that there are 28 million university students in 2015.but only 4.8 million in 1956. We can easily find that china care more about education in another aspect. Since the gross enrollment ratio doesn’t change a lot, it fluctuates slightly.109.139 percent in 1970 and 103.919 percent in 2014. As the time goes, the education in china improves a lot which becomes scientific and useful. The most important is that it is more suitable to the modern students such as using the computer and doing homework online. However, the roots of the education which handed down from Confucius doesn’t change. The last point is the environment in china. As we know that the science and technology in china develops so fast. Thus, the cost is the problem of air pollution worse. To illustrate,as the world bank published the data about PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value. Though the number is 99.153 percent, it climbed tremendous in the past 20 years and arrived 99.57 percent in 2014.Another air pollution is CO2 emissions which is another essential problem. 2,460,744.017 in 1990.Consequecly, it arrived at 10,249,463.018. The good news is people care more about the air pollution. The rate of PM2.5 air pollution and CO2 emissions start to fall steadily. Of course, our protection about forest is wonderful. We cut 1 million hectares in 1960s.yet 400 thousand hectares in 2010. Even though we did well on the forest, the average surface temperature increased 1.1 ℃. Environment is a vital problem. Owing to the polluted environment, the sky was covered by Haze. Due to the Haze, we can’t enjoy the magical night sky anymore. In conclusion, China transformed massively in the past 50 years. We can’t image the life in the past. The education, the health care and environment shows us how China overhauled. But no matter how it changes. I believe the tendency is outstanding. RELEVANT INFORMATION http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN?locations=CN&view=chart http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.ENRL.TC.ZS?end=2014&locations=CN&start=1970&view=chart http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.ENRR?end=2014&locations=CN&start=1970&view=chart http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.KT?locations=CN
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Thomas K
10/30/2016 03:50:09 pm
Dear Hao,
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