This paper deals with deploring two villages, one in Europe in the eastern part of Serbia called Zlot village and one in China in Fujian province by the name of Xiaocang She Ethnic Township. These two villages have a significant population of national minorities, so their historical backgrounds and local traditions are explained in order to point to their potential of development as rural tourist destinations. Using the empowerment model, the villages can develop and reach their full potential. Provide their residents with better income and incentive to keep and share invaluable minority traditions that have been alive for a long period of time. The empowerment model can help locals improve their economic status by being involved in tourism in their respective villages. Due to the rich local traditions of the minorities living there and beautiful natural scenery, tourism potential is vast. Langde Mode should be implemented in a way of community guidance in order to improve both, rural tourism in these areas, as well as the lives of the local community. Razvoj turizma u selima sa kulturama manjina: selo Zlot i selo Sjaocang Še narodaSažetak: Ovaj rad istraţuje dva sela, jedno u Evropi u istoĉnom delu Srbije po imenu Zlot, a drugo u Kini u provinciji FuĊen, selo Sjaocang Še naroda. Ovo su dva sela sa znaĉajnom populacijom nacionalnih manjina, pa je njihova istorijska pozadina i lokalna tradicija objašnjena kako bi se ukazalo na potencijal za razvoj seoskog turizma. Pomoću modela osnaţivanja stanovništva, sela se mogu razviti i dostići svoj puni potencijal kao i pruţiti svojim stanovnicima bolje prihode i podsticaj da zadrţe i podele sa drugima vredne tradicije manjina, koje postoje već dugi niz godina. Model osnaţivanja moţe pomoći lokalnom stanovništvu u poboljšanju ekonomskog statusa tako što će biti ukljuĉeni u turizam u svojim selima, a zbog bogate lokalne tradicije manjina koje tu ţive i prekrasnog prirodnog krajolika potencijal je veliki. Langde Mode bi se trebalo sprovesti tako što će davati smernice zajednici kako bi se poboljšao seoski turizam na ovim podruĉjima, kao i ţivot lokalne zajednice.Klјučne reči: osnaţivanje stanovništva, seoski turizam, kulture manjina, selo Zlot, selo Sjaocang Še naroda JEL klasifikacija: Z32 * markoblaz@live.com Blažević, M. et al. -Developing rural tourism in minority ethnic villages: Zlot and Xiaocang She

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This paper deals with educational issues in the People's Republic of China and potential economic development due to investments in the education system. In the period from 1998, there was a big growth in education which was accompanied, among other things, by positive growth in gross domestic product. The crucial importance of investing in education is providing a competent workforce which is a pillar of a successful modern economy. There is a difficulty of the proper allocation of resources and the reform of education is the hukou system in China, which restricts people to live and work in a certain location which is an obstacle for people to freely move and equal chances for education. So far, the discrepancy between rural and urban hukou has been noticed, with urban hukou recording a higher percentage of educated people, as well as a proportionally higher income, while rural hukou is lacking opportunities for further education. For China to achieve the planned economic growth, it is evident that it must reform its education, the focus of which would be on improving human/knowledge capital as well as set aside a higher percentage of gross domestic product for investments in education.

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