There is still educational disparity between different regions and between rural and urban areas,

China is scheduled to offer nine year compulsory education free to children in rural areas starting from 2006.

We also have to recognize the hard fact of the widening income disparity between urban and rural areas.

It's still a big problem for rural residents,

Massive culling of domestic poultry was carried out in those (affected) regions,

Bird flu has not been totally controlled in China and the danger of its spread still exists in some areas,