Social problem of Beijing

of informational technologies

• Han - 96%
• Manchu

- 2%
• Hui - 2%
• Mongol - 0.3%
Time zone:China Standard (UTC+8)
1258 чел./км²

housing shortages, pollution, noise, lack of water, electricity, transportation problems

— from overcrowding to rabies.


700,000 dogs

of water since 1999, and every year the situation becomes

more serious.

Beijing's population takes an average of 3.6 billion cubic meters of water annually, while water resources provide only 2.1 billion. Deficit of 1.5 billion cubic meters of water. To cope with the shortage of water in Beijing, began using groundwater and reservoir. Excessive exploitation has led to the fact that these sources are depleted. Now the only option - to take water from other regions.

at a rate of 40-50 % per year. Over five

years, the number has almost doubled on the roads at the end of 2011 there were already more than 100 million vehicles, of which 80 % belonged to private owners. However, transport infrastructure is not designed for such a busy traffic, so Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and some other major cities were clogged with " plugs " and the exhaust gases exacerbate the already difficult environmental situation. To solve the problem, in late 2010, the Beijing authorities have imposed restrictions on the purchase of cars . Register new rooms became raffle . Original method brought their results : in 2011 the total number of vehicles in the city increased to 173 thousand units, the growth rate decreased by 617 thousand units , or 78 % compared with the previous year

a huge gap between the rich and poor in China,

and "the rich profiting by improper means" was selected as the most popular reason for the continued widening of the gap.

million people generates 18,000 tons of waste a day, 7,000

tons more than the capacity of disposal plants.
The world produces an estimated 490 million tons of trash every year, and China’s cities account for 150 million tons. In 2002, the Central Government proposed a system for residents to use when sorting their trash, but the compliance rate is only 16 percent.

Beijing’s Trash Problem
Needs More Recycling,
Not Deodorant Guns

high crime and other social problems.

Government ever since it began initiating reforms.[6] Employment levels differs

from region to region, with stronger concentrations of unemployment in the interior.

UN estimates the level of air pollution in Beijing as

one of the highest in the world.

from friends, family, and society to perform well in extremely

competitive schools, (especially in Gaokao, the university entrance exams) this can result in unethical behaviour performed by parents and/or students (bribery, cheating, etc. to get into best schools)[13]
Rural-urban inequality
Lack of strong relationship between state-funded research and the private sector, e.g. poor commercialization and technology transfer of university research
Lack of critical scholarship and monitoring of research quality

of traditional Confucianism morals and beliefs
Inflexible ideologies taught in public
Money

worship