> A good step would be a program to deliver clean water to the hundreds of millions of Chinese who currently lack it.<p>Fair point.<p>> Another would be a national plan to control urban floods, like those that have afflicted central and southern China in recent weeks.<p>Uhm... This is not a simple task. When dealing with natural disasters, you can only do so much to control it, and countries rather focus on the mitigation of the effects. You cannot just "control floods" in China or "control hurricane" in the US context.<p>> Finally, the government needs to reform the antiquated "hukou" permit system that prevents rural migrants from easily acquiring the rights and services that their urban counterparts are entitled to.<p>It is already happening. Give it a few years.