China’s rural millions left behind- opinion

The large population of China is not equally distributed throughout the country. The majority are living in the countryside whereas people live in cities are usually considered rich. It is true that the life quality in the countryside is worse than in the cities. This situation leads us to question whether China’s rural millions are left behind. Are rural people treated like second class citizens?

Since China is still a developing country, people live in some regions especially in villages are still quite poor. Due to the difficulties in developing transportation, local industry or some other aspects, these villages are not able to grow in a short period of time. As a result, people’s life remains rural which is thought as backward by others. It is believable that the standards of education and medical treatment in the countryside are not high as the local governments are not able to afford that. And the local communist party officials abusing their power for personal gain does occur, according to the newspaper.

It seems that life is quite unfair to those live in countryside since they have fewer opportunities to earn money comparing to those live in cities. However, in my opinion, this is an unavoidable situation in such a large developing country. It is not realistic to request the government to guarantee that everybody in the country can live the same life standard. It is reasonable that the government needs more time to develop the countryside.

The news article states that “Rural people are not just treated like second class citizens, they are”. I do not agree with this statement. Firstly, it is not suitable to say that rural people are second class citizens since they have same citizenship and rights as people live in cities. Secondly, some rural people being treated like second class citizens is not because they come from the countryside but mostly because of their rude manner and impolite behavior. For instance, my family is from the countryside and now my grandmother is still living in the village in my hometown. People around us never treat us like second class citizens though they know we are from countryside. I think whether a person is well treated by others is determined by his personal quality but not where he is from.

In conclusion, citizens do need to have faith in the government. Chinese government will lead people to a bright future and I believe rural people live in countryside can live a better life someday.

近日是无休止的忙碌，古筝SYF的日益临近让我们的练习时间加到最大限度，不断重复的音符早已让我麻木。这两个星期是大大小小的考试，复习背诵不亦乐乎。又及本月参加博客写作比赛，每星期无故增了两篇作文。这是个艰苦的四月。

但又是个明媚的四月。接二连三的好消息是振奋人心的吧。首先是校运会的200米竟让我捡了个高年级组第八名；接着是老师对我努力的小小肯定，表扬得我像头勤劳的老牛；然后是五月底BSP双文化营的学生代表被第一个提名，而且最终确定通过；最后是WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMME的面试通过，年级30人面试选5人。
　　哇咔咔，战功累累啊，高兴得不得了。不过上个学期人文科考试FAIL了，郁闷，这个学期的估计也考不好。最振奋人心的是六月终于要回来了吧，尽管没有最后确定，但应不会有意外。哎，一晃半年而过，一中的人们，我离你们有多远了呢？