Decode China：Episode 2

<p>Moganshan is a perfect demonstration of how well China in general, and Zhejiang in particular, have done over the last 20 years in creating prosperous communities in rural areas. Moganshan has advantages in comparison to other more remote rural communities, in its proximity to the prosperous centre of Hangzhou, and the fact that it has a long history as a tourist resort – it was a preferred leisure destination for a largely expat population as far back as the turn of the 19th/20th centuries. But it has exploited these advantages to the full, and now serves as a model for what can be achieved in China, and for what other communities can hope to achieve as long as they continue to follow the path of modernisation and rural revitalisation.</p>