By Yu Bin　

Date: 2002/06/18

Abstract:　

The change in China's economic structure in recent years has indicated the following basic features: the service sector is going to move into the track of fast expansion; the consumption demand is stepping into the new stage of stable expansion; regional disparity is showing a trend of expansion; the level of urbanization is on constant increase, but the income gap between urban and rural dwellers is being further expanded.