2011 witnesses the historic moment of the Chinese urbanization process. The
urban population exceeded the rural population for the first time. In the next
20 years, it is estimated that about 350 million rural people would move to the
cities. This scale of urbanization is both a challenge and an opportunity to
urban transportation. The Chinese government has been promoting
"people-oriented" development philosophy, which emphasizes that people should
choose buses over private cars. It also calls for building "a resource-saving
and environment-friendly" society. With this clear objective, Chinese cities
will be able to better plan their development, and invest heavily on the
evolution of a safe, clean and economical transportation system.