A peek into China's incredible future

China currently ranks as the world's second-largest economy after the United States.

It has been the world's fastest-growing major economy, with consistent growth rates of around 10 per cent over the past 30 years.

China is also the largest exporter and second-largest importer of goods in the world. The country's per capita GDP (PPP) was $7,544 in 2010.

Let us have a look at the changing landscape of China.

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By 2025, China will have 350 million more people in its cities.

That's about the same as the total population of the United States pouring in to Chinese cities.

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By 2030, a total of one billion will live in Chinese cities.

That's the total population of Africa.

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By 2030, 221 cities in China will have more than one million population.

Europe has just 35 cities that big.

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A total of five billion square metres of road will be paved.

That's equivalent to one million football pitches.

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Forty billion square metres of floor space will be built in five million buildings.

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Fifty thousand of five million buildings could be skyscrapers.

That's the equivalent of constructing 10 New York Cities.