Once upon a time, what was our imagination of the developed world? A lot of tall buildings? Busy to crash CBD? The smell of money everywhere in luxury cars?
Before I came to Australia, I once thought that Australia was such a country!
From the moment the plane landed, the impression changed. Busy? What does not exist, can be called high-rise only a small piece of CBD, can walk through the rest of the open, bungalow, lawn, field … . Is a completely urban and rural areas of the vested sense of view.
No train can't get out of the door, by 7: 00 all the shops are closed, there is no Taobao, online shopping service bad reviews, take-out is a surprising backwardness, lucky enough to meet a lot of wildlife on the road …
It is such a country that seems to be very backward, but it is famous as a developed country. Why?
This requires the popularization of science in the definition of developed countries, which, in addition to the GDP, attach greater importance to the following aspects:
Level of industrialization; quality of life; degree of knowledge ownership; healthy and long life; participation in political and social life; environmental sustainability; security and rights guarantees; promotion of equity and social justice.
This is the common-country evaluation of human development, based on these definitions of whether or not a country is developed.
To pay for the disadvantaged in society
Australia advocates the spirit of humanistic peace, this is not a simple slogan, people say that the interests of capitalist countries first, social security is the rights and interests of the rich, in fact, Australia attaches more importance to the protection of vulnerable groups.
Australian public transport is well developed, but there are very few cars crowding into the door. People tend to wait for people with disabilities to get on the bus until they get into the queue. And, Whenever drivers find disabled people waiting for the bus, they will get out of the car and put down the special board, and they get on the bus.
Not only that, there are areas for people with disabilities in all public transport in Australia,
In public, there are convenient elevators, convenient facilities, and toilets for the disabled.
All shopping malls, supermarkets, and large stores have designated special parking spaces for the disabled, which are closer to the store door and larger so that they can easily get in and out.
In addition to the disabled, Australia has a large number of mental patients, but there is no discrimination, people are very friendly to these people with disabilities, as far as possible to help;
In fact, both the disabled and the mentally ill are limited in their contribution to society, but Australia's government not only gives various subsidies, but also facilitates their actions. Just in order to be able to all citizen, especially the vulnerable groups can live more freely.
Ignore the investment in the construction of the details
Although Australia looks very village, and does not have to do with the prosperity of relationship, but from the details of life can be seen, how developed the country.
1, garbage classification
Whether residents or public bins, Australia has a strict garbage separation policy.
The bins are distributed free of charge by government, where applications can be made at the local council as long as they become residents, and garbage trucks are available for free cleaning every Wednesday morning.
2. Public facilities
There are many kinds of public facilities, such as public toilets, Australia's public toilets are clean and tidy, most of them not only separate men and women, but also specialized for the disabled.
Every beach will have a free barbecue, and a shower will help you clean up the sand.
Free water stations all over the city.
Although Australia is full of rural areas, there are several parks in each area, with basic fitness equipment, exercise equipment and entertainment facilities.
Australia attaches great importance to the fire drill, and the friends who have lived in the apartment may know very well that every once in a while, the apartment will conduct a safety exercise, broadcast the fire evacuation of the whole building, direct the safe passage, and so on.
AED defibrillators can be seen everywhere in shopping malls, which prevent people from causing heart problems and other diseases, but can not be treated in a timely manner.
With regard to the improvement of infrastructure, Australia really does not take into account the costs.
Focus on future construction
Australia's investment in the future is definitely big, with the exception of private schools, pre-university education, which is really the kind of free-to-pay compulsory education, including the cost of books and stationery, which government will partially subsidize.
After college, students can also apply for interest-free student loans, and after graduation, salary has reached a certain standard before it needs to be repaid slowly.
And this kind of loan, as long as Australia citizen, as long as admitted to university can apply, there is no threshold, just a national investment in the future of young people.
Australia attaches great importance to environmental protection. When it comes to activities in this area, there will always be many volunteers, regardless of their pay, who will spare no effort to provide help. In November 2016, Australia and New Zealand suffered an earthquake in the waters of New Zealand. When a fault occurred in the rocks of the seaside, and many of the sea-floor organisms originally belonging to the bottom of the sea surfaced, after the announcement by government of Australia, a number of volunteers came to the beach to surface the marine life that would come out of the sea. One picked it up, put it in a bucket, and finally sent it all back to the sea.
The volunteers eventually rescued more than 400000 tons of marine life.
In Australia, people and animals live in harmony, and although we often complain that venomous spiders have come home, that is, after all, a case in point.
Most wild animals will live freely in the wild, and Australians will not bother too much, Australia's environmental protection courses are compulsory, how important it is for Australia to educate all its children from an early age.
Australia can be said to be underdeveloped, it can be said that Australia tax is very heavy, but Australia does have countless worthy of learning.
How developed is Australia?
Having said so much, we may also know that although Australia is not very developed in construction and some sales and service providers, but in other aspects of the humanities society, it is absolutely in the leading position in the world, then the problem has come. How developed is Australia?
In 2015, Australia ranked second in the world in the Human Development Index list released by the common countries. Australia ranked second among the 49 developed countries in the world, and has occupied the position for five years in a row.
Australia is sparsely populated, with a population of 25 million that may be equivalent to that of a city in Beijing or Shanghai, but in this land of wonder, there are brilliant titles.
The world's most popular tourist destination, Australia ranked first in the world.
Although we have been complaining that the salary is so low that it cannot make ends meet, on average, Australia has the highest hourly salary in the world:
Not only that, Australia once again topped the list of world happiness indices released by the economic Cooperation and Development Organization, becoming the happiest country in the world.
This is Australia, which, on the outside, is almost an urban-rural fringe, and internally, in detail, it is indeed one of the most developed countries in the world, and one of the most happy countries in the world.