NGO's help to build roads in Jiangxi

Nineteen villages in Jiangxi Province are part of a rather unique project in China, where NGO's take the lead in building roads and other infrastructure, writes Reuters.

Chris Spohr, an economist with the [Asian Development Bank] ADB in Beijing, said the government's readiness to take NGOs on as partners showed its commitment to spreading the benefits of prosperity more evenly.
"It suggests that terms like 'building a harmonious society' and 'government role transformation' are not merely rhetoric, but are being at least cautiously explored and pushed ahead," Spohr said, referring to two stock phrases the leadership has employed to etch out its priorities for reform.